Peter London, known by all as 'PSL', was one of a group of far-sighted surgeons who believed fervently in improvements in the treatment and prognosis of victims of trauma. He led team three at the world's first trauma centre in Bath Row, Birmingham, known until 1974 as the Birmingham Accident Hospit

Natzim Lalljee was a consultant trauma surgeon in Kidderminster Hospital, and head of the accident and emergency department until his retirement in 1996. He was born in Bombay, India on 5 May 1928. He studied medicine at Grant Medical College, Bombay, qualifying in 1952. He gained his FRCS in 1958.

Campbell MacFarlane was a trauma surgeon who served with distinction in the Royal Army Medical Corps, before emigrating to South Africa, where he became the foundation professor of emergency medicine at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He was born on 16 October 1941 in Kirriemuir, Angu

A trauma surgeon, Emin Alpar was a former medical director of the Birmingham Accident Hospital. He was born on 30 August 1943, in Istanbul, Turkey, the son of Mithat Alpar, an industrialist, and Nevin Alpar, a housewife. He was educated at Ankara College, where he gained a baccalaureate in 17 subjec

Lachlan Kumarasinghe was a trauma surgeon at Kettering General Hospital. He was born in Colombo, in what was then Ceylon, on 16 September 1927, the son of Cyril Mendis Kumarasinghe, an interpreter, and Florence Bridget Kumarasinghe née Fernando. Two of his brothers - Hiary and Merlyn - also became s

Lyn Jarrett was a consultant in accident and emergency surgery at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham. He was born on 18 September 1946 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. His father, Neville Jarrett, was a banker and his mother, Rosamond née Morrison, a housewife. He was educated at the Methodist Boys’ High

Preston Allen Wade was born on 22 March 1901 in Helena, Montana, the son of Claudia and John W. Wade. He moved East to enter the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center with which he was associated for the entirety of his medical career from student to Emeritus Professor. Pep, as he was universa

Born on 21 June 1888 the son of John Lionel Stretton MRCS 1881, surgeon to the Kidderminster Infirmary, and his wife Lucy Houghton; his grandfather Samuel Stretton MRCS 1854 was appointed surgeon to the Infirmary in 1856, and the three generations thus served for ninety-six years, he was educated at

Girish Sankal Chand Gajjar was a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon. He gained his FRCS in 1994. His last-known address was in London.

Professor Frank McDermott had a long and distinguished surgical career. But it was his academic research approach providing a strong evidence base for his advocacy in road trauma prevention that proved the greatest benefit to the lives of Victorians, and those further afield. An early pioneer of roa

Huw Owen Thomas was an orthopaedic surgeon at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals on the Wirral. He was born in 1941 into a medical family. He gained his MB BCh in Cardiff in 1966 and was a house surgeon in the accident unit at Cardiff Royal Infirmary. He went on to train in orthopaedic surge

David Verinder was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon for the Bassetlaw Health Authority, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Born in 1945, he studied medicine at Sheffield University Medical School and qualified in 1968. He gained his FRCS in 1973. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a senior regist