Peter Christie Anderson was an orthopaedic surgeon and a specialist in rehabilitation medicine in Perth, Western Australia. He was born in Sheffield on 23 September 1929, the eldest son of James Christie Anderson, a urological surgeon and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Mary Ann Ander

Patterson David Gordon Pugh was a surgeon rear-admiral in the Royal Navy. He was born in Carshalton, Surrey on 19 December 1920. His father, William Thomas Gordon Pugh, was medical superintendent of Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, Carshalton; his mother, Elaine Victoria Augusta Pugh née Hobson,

Nicholas Barton was a consultant orthopaedic and hand surgeon at Queen’s Medical Centre and Harlow Wood Hospital, Nottingham.

Ronald Huck Chye Kok was a general practitioner who lived in Scarborough. 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

Douglas William Cowley Gawne was born Minneapolis, USA, on 5 September 1906, of Manx parentage. He was educated at King William School, Isle of Man, and later went up to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and to St Bartholomew's Hospital. He qualified MB BCh in 1932. After several house appointm

Joseph Trueta was born in Barcelona on 28 October 1897, the son of Dr Raphael Trueta and the great grandson of Antony Trueta, surgeon to General Lancaster's Army in the Franco-Prussian war of 1795. He became Licentiate in Medicine, University of Barcelona, in 1921, proceeding MD in 1922. He worke

Alexander was born in Taradale, Hawkes Bay, and educated at Napier Boys High School and the Otago Medical School, graduating MB ChB in 1939. He was house surgeon at Wellington Hospital in 1940-1941. He served with the New Zealand Army Medical Corps 1942-1945 and was RMO to 8th Brigade in the Pacific

'Mac' Crooks was born on 21 January 1909, the son of David Mackenzie Crooks. He was educated at Epworth College and studied medicine at Liverpool University, where he qualified in 1931. He held junior posts at the Northern Hospital, Liverpool, and at the Shropshire Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. He

Philip Fulford was born in Bideford, Devon, on 20 September 1930. He was the first member of his family to enter the medical profession. His father Philip John Venton Fulford was a draper. His mother was Hilda Mary Stephens née Gigg. He was educated at Bideford Grammar School, where he became head b

James Dunbar Morgan was born in Liverpool in 1913 and educated at Liverpool College and at Sheffield University where he graduated in medicine in 1940. He later worked in the orthopaedic department of the Sheffield Royal Infirmary, then under the influence of Sir Frank Holdsworth. He was thus well g

Mohamed Aly Mohamed Arafa was a consultant in trauma and orthopaedic surgery at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. His sub-specialty was hand surgery. He was born on 9 May 1950 and gained his MB BCh from Cairo University in 1973 and his FRCS in 1978. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a regi

Robert Wilson 'Bob' Jackson was a pioneer of arthroscopy in North America. He was born in Toronto in 1932 of Scottish parents. He attended the University of Toronto Schools and qualified as a doctor with the University of Toronto MD in 1956. An outstanding athlete as a student, he played Canadian fo