David Trevor, the third child and second son of John Trevor, a dairyman and sub- postmaster, and of Sarah (née Jones) the daughter of a sheep farmer, was born in Fulham, London on 24 July 1906. Having started school in North London he was sent to Wales to be brought up by his grandmother n a sheep f

Gordon Tippett was born at Rainham, Kent on 22 October 1901 and entered St Thomas's Hospital for medical studies, qualifying in 1926. After early appointments in the orthopaedic department at St Thomas's Hospital he passed the FRCS in 1932 and served as surgical registrar at the National Temperance

Samuel Marshall Thompson was born in Leeds in 1909, the son of Walter Thompson FRCS (1886-1924), see *Lives of the Fellows*, vol.2, p.409, consultant surgeon to Leeds General Infirmary. His mother was one of the early graduates from the London School of Medicine for Women. He was educated at Uppingh

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

Philip Kerr was born on 22 February 1921, the son of Dugald Kerr, a Scottish civil engineer, and Charlotte Annie, née Tasker. He was educated at Oundle, where he won many prizes, and at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1943 and served as a medical officer in the RAF in Western Eu

Born in India on 9 February 1947, Nirmal Khaitan qualified from Calcutta University in 1971, and came to England the following year. After junior appointments he became an associate specialist in orthopaedics at Shotley Bridge Hospital. In this capacity, Khaitan was noted for his meticulousness and

Arthur Newton qualified from St Thomas's Hospital in 1951 and after junior posts and National Service specialised in orthopaedics. He worked as a senior house officer at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, and later at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Exeter and Torbay Hospital, Torquay. He was app

Tony Win was born in Burma on 23 May 1935. Very little is known about his family. He went to St Michael's School in Maymyo, Burma, and then attended St Albert's English High School in Maymyo, and Rangoon University. He studied at Rangoon Medical College, Burma, and qualified in Rangoon General Ho

David Kreibich was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne. He was born in Manchester in 1960. He was unusually short, and was given a course of treatment with human pituitary growth hormone, at that time extracted from cadavers, even though (as it transpired) t

Rupert Kushlick was born in 1932 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, the son of Phillip Kushlick, a paediatrician, and Taubie, an actress. He matriculated at the Marist Brothers College, Johannesburg, and graduated in medicine from the University of Witwatersrand in 1954. After junior posts, he special