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

Francis Moynihan was an orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital. He was born on 30 January 1928. He studied medicine at University College Hospital School of Medicine, qualifying in 1951. He was a house physician and house surgeon at University College Hospital and then a se

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,

Rolfe Birch was a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Maurice McLain was a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon in Northampton. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Kenneth Stone was a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Barnet General, Highlands General and Wood Green hospitals. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

John David Jeremiah was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Whipps Cross Hospital, London. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Martyn Bryant was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. He studied medicine in London and qualified MB BS from King's College Medical School in 1981. He began his training programme in Hull and then moved to Belfast where his senior registrar post gave him ample

Jim Ellis was professor of orthopaedic and accident surgery at the University of Southampton. He was born on 13 April 1912 in Selborne, Hampshire, the son of Frank Stokes Ellis, a wine merchant who went on to serve in the First World War with the Royal Fusiliers, and Ada née Parkes, whose family wer

Munindra Nigel Blackburn was a consultant in trauma and orthopaedics at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, and a consultant in orthopaedic surgery at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. He was born in Bombay, India, on 17 January 1949, the only son of William Henry Blackburn, an art director.

Alexander Kates qualified in medicine from St Bartholomew's Hospital where he was a house surgeon. He became registrar at the Postgraduate Medical School, London, and then consultant in orthopaedic and traumatic surgery to the Kensington and Westminster Area Health Authority. During the second world

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.