James Anthony Walden Fitzgerald was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Southampton and at the Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, Alton. He studied at Cambridge University and at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1961. He gained his FRCS in 1965. Prior to his consultant appointment, he

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

Thomas Hubert Morgan studied medicine at Cambridge and University College Hospital. He became first assistant to the accident service at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, and senior orthopaedic registrar and Nuffield research fellow to the Wingfield-Morris Hospital, Oxford. He moved to Swindon and be

Eric Baijal was born in India in 1918 and graduated in medicine in 1945 from the University of Agra. He came to England in 1950 for further training in surgery and in 1954 obtained the FRCS. He served in the British Colonial Service as a surgical specialist in Western Nigeria and Sierra Leone before

Miles Kingsmill Moore was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Ashford Hospital, Middlesex and Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot. He was born in Dublin in September 1929 and studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, qualifying in 1953. He was a surgical registrar at Luton and Dunstable Hos

James Cyril Fraser Cregan, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Manchester, the son of James Grattan Cregan and his wife Gertrude, née Fraser, was born in London on 16 November 1918. His uncle, grandfather and great-uncle had all been doctors in London, Warwickshire, Manchester and Cheshire. His early

Raymond Brown was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon who worked in Stockport. He was born on 29 November 1927 and studied medicine in Manchester, qualifying in 1951. He gained his FRCS in 1964.

Munindra Nigel Blackburn was a consultant in trauma and orthopaedics at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, and a consultant in orthopaedic surgery at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. He was born in Bombay, India, on 17 January 1949, the only son of William Henry Blackburn, an art director.

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

Few if any have had as great an impact on Australian orthopaedic surgery as had Tom Taylor. 'TKFT' was born in Sydney in 1932, the son of Dr Charles and Mrs Dot Taylor of Bondi. In 1941, when invasion by the Japanese appeared possible, Tom's education (on a scholarship at Sydney Grammar School) was

Gordon Manson Chambers was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Peterborough. He was born on 17 March 1932, the son of Edward Tenyson Chambers, a civil servant, and Alva Isobel Chambers, a housewife. His father’s grandfather, Henry Chambers, was a surgeon and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons

Robbie Phillips was an orthopaedic surgeon in Manchester, a proud Scotsman, an excellent surgeon and a first-rate sportsman who gave to his specialty and community. He was born on 15 September 1932 in Edinburgh to William James Phillips, a master plumber, and Mary Phillips née Sneddon. He attended B