Raymond Brown was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon who worked in Stockport. He was born on 29 November 1927 and studied medicine in Manchester, qualifying in 1951. He gained his FRCS in 1964.

William Hunter Isles was born in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland on 17 June 1916, the son of William Isles, a company secretary, and Jessie Isabella (née Sutherland). He was educated at Lasswade School, Midlothian, before entering the University of Edinburgh, qualifying in 1943. His early appointmen

Arthur Boulton Watson received his medical education at the University of Birmingham and qualified MB ChB in 1938. He gained his Fellowship in 1942 and the Birmingham ChM in 1946. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the second world war as a major and surgical specialist. After the war he w

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.

Michael Broke Heywood-Waddington was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Broomfield, Chelmsford and Black Notley hospitals, Essex. Born in Littlehampton on 24 April 1929, his father, William Broke Heywood-Waddington, was a general practitioner in Arundel and Littlehampton who had served i

Nigel Cobb was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Northampton General Hospital from 1968 to 1993. He was born in Manchester on 5 March 1929, the son of Cyril Cobb and Gladys Cobb née Reece. He had an older sister and a younger brother, Leon. At the age of 18 his father had been sent to t

Roeland Raymakers was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Loughborough General Hospital. He was born in the south of the Netherlands on 3 February 1933, but moved with his family to Accrington, Lancashire, in 1934. He studied medicine at West

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

Iain Stewart Duff was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at the West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth. Iain was of Scottish descent. His parents were devout, strict Christians. He was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon and became captain and fullback for the first XV rugby team. He e

Margaret Cothay was an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, in charge of the accident and emergency department. She was born in Sunderland, County Durham, on 23 November 1921, the daughter of Frank Hernaman Cothay, a mining engineer, and Helen Cothay née Osb

William Michael Harper was professor of orthopaedic trauma at the University of Leicester. Born in Jersey, 'Joe' Harper was proud of his roots in the Channel Islands and was equally fond of the years he spent in Bolton, Lancashire, where he went to school. Harper was one of the pioneering band of st

Stuart John Birtwistle (Birty) was born on 2 December 1961. He studied medicine in Dundee and graduated MB, ChB in 1988. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1992 and worked for the NHS as an orthopaedic surgeon in Leicester for over 30 years. He died on 13 June 2020 aged 60 years, survi