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

Chris Good was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Newham General, Queen Mary's and Blackheath hospitals in London. He was born in Barnstaple, Devon, in 1946. His father was clerk of works for South Molton. When Chris was eight the family moved to Northern Rhodesia; his father became cler

Alexander Kates qualified in medicine from St Bartholomew's Hospital where he was a house surgeon. He became registrar at the Postgraduate Medical School, London, and then consultant in orthopaedic and traumatic surgery to the Kensington and Westminster Area Health Authority. During the second world

Akos Béla Nevelös was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Bradford. He was born in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 November 1942, the son of Austin Nevelös and Emily Rosdy, both of whom were teachers. He was educated in state schools in Hungary, where he won prizes in physics and mathematics in the national

Roeland Raymakers was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Loughborough General Hospital. He was born in the south of the Netherlands on 3 February 1933, but moved with his family to Accrington, Lancashire, in 1934. He studied medicine at West

George Simon Edmund Dowd was an orthopaedic surgeon in London. Born on 9 November 1946 he studied medicine at Liverpool University and graduated MB ChB in 1971. After house jobs in orthopaedics at the David Lewis Northern and the Sefton General Hospitals in Liverpool he passed the fellowship of the

Gordon Andrew Hunter was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, the first and largest level one trauma centre in Canada, and professor in the department of surgery, University of Toronto. He was born on 25 May 1937 in London into a medical family. His father,

Raymond Nim-Wah Chan, known as Ray, was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Leicester and a surgeon at Leicester City Football Club, and one of the first Chinese orthopaedic surgeons to come to the UK. He was born on 28 July 1939 in Hong Kong, the son of Chan Ying Hung, a prominent lawyer, and Glady

Christopher Farrier was an orthopaedic surgeon from Poole. 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

Robert Alexander Bremner was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at York County Hospital and then York City General Hospital. He was born in Alloa, Scotland, the son of two schoolteachers. He attended Alloa Academy and then the University of Edinburgh, where he qualified in medicine in 1947.

Richard Batten was the son of Lindsey Batten, FRCP, FRCGP, a Bart's-trained GP in Hampstead. Batten's disease, an inherited neurological condition, was named after his ancestor, also of Bart's. Richard trained at the Westminster Hospital, entered the RAMC on qualifying, and served in Italy. After de

Michael Broke Heywood-Waddington was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Broomfield, Chelmsford and Black Notley hospitals, Essex. Born in Littlehampton on 24 April 1929, his father, William Broke Heywood-Waddington, was a general practitioner in Arundel and Littlehampton who had served i