David Richmond was an orthopaedic surgeon in Burnley. He was born on 1 September 1912 in Stockport, where his father, George, was Manchester’s last private Royal Mail contractor. His mother was Edith Lilian née Hitchin. He was educated at Stockport Grammar School and went up to University of Manches

Frank Schiess was an orthopaedic surgeon in Macclesfield. He was born in Singapore on 24 July 1940. His parents were Swiss: his father, Edward, was a businessman, his mother was Elsa (née Pfister). The family escaped to Perth, Western Australia, just before the arrival of the Japanese. After the war

Oliver Vaughan-Jackson was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the London Hospital and a specialist in hand surgery. He was born in Berkhamstead on 6 July 1907, the eldest son of Surgeon-Captain P Vaughan-Jackson RN. He was educated at Berkhamstead and Balliol College, Oxford, where he played for t

David Edwards was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Stoke-on-Trent. He was born in Sutton on 27 July 1936, the son of Reginald William Edwards, a managing director, and Irene Bertha Grace née Coad. He was educated at King’s College School, Wimbledon, from which he won the Williams exhibition in na

Michael Francis Pilcher was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the London Hospital. He was born on 4 October 1916 in Ealing, west London, the youngest of the seven children of Thorold Sturtevant Pilcher, a manufacturer, and Helena Pilcher née Neilson. His older brother, Robin Sturtevant Pilcher, be

Harry Piggott was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and Birmingham Children's Hospital. He was born in Kilburn, Derbyshire, on 16 December 1925, the only child of John Henry Piggott, a miner, and Elizabeth Piggott née Barrett, the daughter of a potter. He was educate

William Parke was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. He was born in Bootle, Lancashire on 3 March 1910 the oldest son of William and his wife Mary née McCourt. He was educated at St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool and Liverpool University. From 1942 to 1947 he served as lieutenant colonel advisor

K T Dholakia was the doyen of orthopaedic surgery in India. He was the senior orthopaedic surgeon at Breach Candy and P D Hinduja hospitals in Bombay, where he pioneered joint replacement and the fixation of fractures. In 2003 he won the 20th Rameshwardas Birla National Award for being the “outsta

John Valentine Todd was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Newcastle Hospital and the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. He was born in either 1912 or 1913 and studied medicine at Durham University, qualifying MB BS in 1935 and proceeded to Liverpool to specialise in orthopaedics. He was consulta

Donald James Tuffley was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. He was born in Atherton, Queensland, Australia, the son of Henry Joseph Tuffley, a bank manager, and Winifred Tuffley née Cochrane. He was educated at Mackay High School and Toowoomba Grammar School. He then wo

John Walkden was a senior orthopaedic registrar at the United Liverpool Hospitals and orthopaedic and surgical registrar to the professorial unit of Broadgreen Hospital Liverpool. He then became a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at West Cheshire and Central Wirral Hospitals. He was a member of the Li

Terence Thulbourne was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Dundee Royal Infirmary. He studied medicine at Sheffield, graduating MB BS in 1960. Prior to his appointment as a consultant he was a senior orthopaedic registrar at Tayside Health Board, an orthopaedic registrar at King's College Hospital,