John Ivor Pulsford James, or 'Jip', as he was known to all, was a tough character who had an adventurous war in Yugoslavia, gained a reputation as a severely critical taskmaster at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and took on, as a Sassenach, the Edinburgh establishment as Professor of Orthop

Born in Penarth, South Wales, on 22 December 1915, John Peter Jackson's father was Spencer Jackson, a general practitioner, who died when he was only 12. His mother was Winifred Latta Tolson. He was educated at Epsom College and St Thomas's Hospital, where he qualified in 1940 and, after spending si

James Robert Holdrich Fisher was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Wallsall Hospitals. He was born on 15 November 1932, in the City of London Maternity Home, the son of Hubert Holdrich Fisher RN, a surgeon in the Royal Navy (FRCS Edinburgh) who latterly specialised in ENT, and Barbara Christob

Samir Morgan was born in El Menia, Egypt, on 26 June 1946. His father, Sadek, was a businessman and his mother, Fahema, a housewife. His brother went on to become an ENT specialist. Samir trained at the Asiut University Medical School, where he graduated with honours in 1968. After junior posts and

John Stanley James Morley was born in Withington, Manchester, on 2 March 1918, the son of John Morley FRCS and Mary Ogilvie Simon, the daughter of a congregational minister. He was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, Rugby, and University College, Oxford, before completing his clinical studies in

John Mutch trained at the Middlesex Hospital. He was surgical registrar at the Middlesex and then orthopaedic registrar at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. He moved to Scotland where he became assistant orthopaedic surgeon to the Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary and a lecturer in the

Edward Lorden Trickey, or 'E L T' as he was known to his contemporaries, was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Edgware General Hospital and at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. He was born in China in 1920, the eldest son of the missionaries E C W and M C Trickey. His mother died

Paul Warren was born in Somerset in 1956, took an intercalated BSc before qualifying in 1981 and after basic training specialised in orthopaedics. He did valuable research on the proprioception of replaced knee joints for which he was awarded an MS. He was an enthusiastic sea angler and relaxed by g

John Watson-Farrar, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, one of the better-known pioneering provincial centres, was born of English parents in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 1926. 'J W F', as he was affectionately known, spent his formative years in Jersey during the German

Peter French was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at St George's Hospital, London. He was born on 2 July 1921, in Temple Fortune, north London, the eldest son of the reverend Reginald French and his wife, Gertrude née Haworth. His father was the local vicar, later moving to Stepney in east London, a

Paul Foggitt was an orthopaedic surgeon in Burton upon Trent. Born on 18 October 1932 in Rawdon near Leeds, he was the son of George Herbert Foggitt, an architect, and his wife Ivy née Roberts. After attending Leeds Grammar School he studied medicine at the University of Leeds Medical School graduat

Ian William Forster was an orthopaedic surgeon at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. Born on 13 November 1945 in Belper, Derbyshire, he studied medicine at London University and trained at University College Hospital qualifying MB BS in 1968. At various times he was a clinical research assist