Mervyn Bell was consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Wigan from 1977 to 2004. Born in Hove in 1937, he qualified from Guy's Hospital in London working in the fields of general surgery and neurosurgery. On developing an interest in orthopaedics he moved to the Royal Free Hospital and the Nuffield Orthop

Hilton Harrop-Griffiths was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Gwent. He gained his MB BCh in 1947 and his FRCS in 1958. Before being appointed to his post in Gwent, he was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon for the Hull and East Riding Hospital Group, a senior registrar at Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Ho

David Vincent Heath was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at University Hospital of North Durham. He was born on 3 June 1941 and studied medicine at Middlesex Hospital Medical School, gaining his MB BS in 1965. He was a registrar and senior registrar in orthopaedic surgery in Bradford, Leeds General

Batookrai Anopchand Kamdar was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at West Hill and Joyce Green hospitals, Dartford, Kent. He was born on 29 October 1939 and studied medicine at the MP Shah Medical College in Jamnagar, Gujarat, qualifying MB BS in 1965. He gained his fellowships of the Royal College of

Wray Ellis was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the North and South Tees Health Districts. At Liverpool University, where he trained, he was demonstrator in anatomy and then he became orthopaedic registrar to the Alder Hey Children's Hospital and the Liverpool United Hospitals. A fellow of both t

George James was an orthopaedic surgeon. He qualified MB, ChB from Manchester University in 1943 and served as a temporary surgeon lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1944. After the war he moved to Salisbury in what was then known as Southern Rhodesia, and then continued to practice in Durban, South Af

Brian Hanbury Day was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, and at Nelson Hospital, London, and Wilson Hospital, Mitcham. He studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School, qualifying MB BS in 1952. He gained his FRCS in 1959. Prior to his consultant appoin

Matthew Robert Wakelin Utting was a registrar in orthopaedic surgery in the Bristol area. He studied medicine at Manchester University, gaining a BSc in anatomy with first class honours in 1994 and his MB ChB in 1997. He held junior posts in Lancashire, Norfolk and the south west, and then joined t

James Ashworth was an orthopaedic surgeon in Darlington and Northallerton. He was born on 2 November 1927 in Rossendale, the eldest son of George Ashworth, a yarn agent, and Doris Ashworth née Honey. He attended Haslingden Grammar School and Manchester University, where he was in the cross-country r

Born at Dunedin, New Zealand, on 10 April 1911, eldest child of the six sons and one daughter of David Highet and Elsie Bremner his wife; his parents survived him. He was educated at the Musselburgh primary school and the Otago Boys High School, both at Dunedin, and took his medical training at the

John Roy Pearson was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Birmingham General Hospital, the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and Birmingham Accident Hospital. He studied medicine in Birmingham, qualifying MB ChB in 1950. Prior to his consultant appointments, he was a registrar at the General Hospital, Birm

Blundell Jones was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Exeter. He was born on 10 June 1915, in Blackpool, Lancashire, the eldest son of William Jones, the principal of a technical college, and Elizabeth Blundell. He was educated at Arnold School, Blackpool, and University College Hospital London, wh