Andrew Edward Grant Halliday was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon in Grantham. He qualified MB BS in 1981 and gained his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1987. Before he was appointed to his consultant post he was a registrar at Chelmsford and Colchester hospitals

Martyn Bryant was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. He studied medicine in London and qualified MB BS from King's College Medical School in 1981. He began his training programme in Hull and then moved to Belfast where his senior registrar post gave him ample

Alexander Reading was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Spire South Bank Hospital, Worcester, Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, and the joint clinic in Droitwich. He studied medicine in Glasgow, qualifying MB ChB in 1990. He gained his FRCS in 1994. He was a specialist registrar in orthopa

Sean Michael O'Riordan was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Lincoln County Hospital and Grantham and Kesteven General Hospital. He was born in York on 3 August 1944, the eldest of three children of John Joseph O'Riordan, a psychiatrist, and Theresa Margaret O'Riordan née Markham, the daughter of

Peter Wilson was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. He was born in Deptford, London, on 16 October 1932, the son of Joseph Henry Wilson, a housing administrative officer for Bermondsey Borough Council, and Sarah Heaton, a teacher of physical training w

Sorab Jamshed Sorabsha Lam, known as 'Soli', was a senior consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon in Bromley and Tunbridge Wells. He was born in Bombay, India, on 22 October 1934, the son of two distinguished lawyers, Jamshed Sorabsha Lam, a solicitor, and Mithan Lam née Tata, a barrister and one

Robert Sewell was an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon in Greenwich. He was born in Horwich, Greater Manchester, on 21 September 1920, the son of James Scott Sewell, a general practitioner and a part-time medical officer of health, and Emily Sewell née Patton, a housewife. His elder brother, Thomas Pat

Huw Owen Thomas was an orthopaedic surgeon at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals on the Wirral. He was born in 1941 into a medical family. He gained his MB BCh in Cardiff in 1966 and was a house surgeon in the accident unit at Cardiff Royal Infirmary. He went on to train in orthopaedic surge

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

Laurence ('Laurie') Read was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, Worcestershire. He initially became a teacher, during which time he spent two years in Sierra Leone, West Africa. He then took up a place at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School as a mat

Dennis Henry George Walker was born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, on 17 January 1917, the eldest son of Thomas Presland Walker, a bank official and Edith Mildred Walker, née Passey. He attended Clare House School, Beckenham, Kent, and Eltham College, Mottingham. He studied medicine at King's College and