John Fixsen was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London; by the time of his retirement he was unsurpassed as a children's orthopaedic surgeon in the UK and in great demand as a teacher, lecturer and surgeon worldwide. John was brought up in Altrincham and excelled at

Patrick was born on the 29th April 1932 in Oxford England, the eldest son to parents William and Florence, brother to siblings Elizabeth and Richard. Patrick was an excellent scholar and he enthusiastically fulfilled his parents' wishes to study medicine, graduating from the Westminster Medical Scho