James Anthony Walden Fitzgerald was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Southampton and at the Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, Alton. He studied at Cambridge University and at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1961. He gained his FRCS in 1965. Prior to his consultant appointment, he

Bertram Mendelsohn qualified from Leeds in 1951 and after junior posts specialised in orthopaedics. He was appointed consultant in trauma and orthopaedic surgery to the Bolton and District Hospital. He is thought to have died in June 1999, survived by his wife.

Eric Baijal was born in India in 1918 and graduated in medicine in 1945 from the University of Agra. He came to England in 1950 for further training in surgery and in 1954 obtained the FRCS. He served in the British Colonial Service as a surgical specialist in Western Nigeria and Sierra Leone before

Gordon Manson Chambers was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Peterborough. He was born on 17 March 1932, the son of Edward Tenyson Chambers, a civil servant, and Alva Isobel Chambers, a housewife. His father’s grandfather, Henry Chambers, was a surgeon and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons

Derek Spencer Porter was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon for Greenwich District Health Authority. He was born on 26 September 1930. He studied medicine at St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School and qualified in 1954. He gained his FRCS in 1963. He served in the Royal Navy and subsequent

David John Moore was a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Colchester General Hospital. Born on 3 November 1960, he studied medicine at London University, graduating MB BS in 1986. After house jobs at Whipps Cross Hospital, he moved to the London Hospital as registrar then senior registrar in orthopae

George Simon Edmund Dowd was an orthopaedic surgeon in London. Born on 9 November 1946 he studied medicine at Liverpool University and graduated MB ChB in 1971. After house jobs in orthopaedics at the David Lewis Northern and the Sefton General Hospitals in Liverpool he passed the fellowship of the

Peter Alexander Ring was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon of international repute who worked at Redhill General Hospital. He was born in Finchley, Middlesex, on 30 December 1922. His father, John Richard Ring, was a shop manager. His mother was Caroline née Matthews. Peter went to school at Christ's

Robbie Phillips was an orthopaedic surgeon in Manchester, a proud Scotsman, an excellent surgeon and a first-rate sportsman who gave to his specialty and community. He was born on 15 September 1932 in Edinburgh to William James Phillips, a master plumber, and Mary Phillips née Sneddon. He attended B

Raymond Nim-Wah Chan, known as Ray, was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Leicester and a surgeon at Leicester City Football Club, and one of the first Chinese orthopaedic surgeons to come to the UK. He was born on 28 July 1939 in Hong Kong, the son of Chan Ying Hung, a prominent lawyer, and Glady

Robert Alexander Bremner was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at York County Hospital and then York City General Hospital. He was born in Alloa, Scotland, the son of two schoolteachers. He attended Alloa Academy and then the University of Edinburgh, where he qualified in medicine in 1947.

Maldwyn Jones Griffith was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen, Wales. He was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales on 27 May 1940, the son of Herbert Jones Griffith, a minister, and Lena Olwen Griffith née Jones. He studied medicine at Liverpool University,