Ronald ('Ron') McRae was an orthopaedic surgeon in Glasgow. He was born and bred in Ayrshire. His father, Kenneth McRae, was a policeman in the small town of Maybole. His mother, Annabella Robina McRae née Elder, had been a governess. Ron was educated at the local grammar school, Carrick Academy. Af

Thamotharampillai Nadarajah Shanmugalingam was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Sri Lanka. He was born on 26 September 1928, in Point Pedro, Ceylon, the son of Thamotharampillai Nadarajah, a land owner and merchant, and Vettrivetpillai Muthuratnam, a housewife. He was educated at Hartley College,

Henry Poirier was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex. The original family name of Birnbaum, meaning 'pear tree', was changed to the French equivalent - Poirier - by his grandfather, who shortly afterwards emigrated to Chile with his English wife, whe

Douglas Malcolm Ritchie, known as 'Doug', was head of the orthopaedic unit at Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne and then at Monash Medical Centre in Clayton. He was born in Melbourne, the son of Douglas Stuart Ritchie, a solicitor who had fought in France during the First World War, and Dorothy Ret

Kevin Francis King was an orthopaedic surgeon in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in St Kilda, Melbourne, the third child of Thomas King, one of the first recognised orthopaedic surgeons in the city. His mother was Nina Mary King née Keyes, the daughter of an Irish general practitioner based in the

Ballambetu Yogish Pai was a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon for the South and North Tees Health Authority and a former professor of surgery at Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. He was born on 20 October 1931 in Kumbla in the Kasaragod district of Kerala, India. He studied medicine at th

Ahmad Kazim was the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first surgeon and the founder and head of the department of orthopaedics at Dubai Hospital, UAE. From a family based in Dubai, he was born in Bombay, India on 15 October 1927, during the time of the British Raj. His father, Haji Abdulla, was a trader w

Donald Cecil Gardner was an orthopaedic surgeon with the Tunbridge Wells District Hospital Group. He studied at London University and King’s College Hospital passing his MB BS in 1953. After house jobs at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street and at King’s, he passed the fellowship in

Robin Charles Winfield Williams was an orthopaedic surgeon at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He was born on 15 December 1929, the son of F Winfield Williams and Marion Jean Williams. He gained his FRCS in 1960 and was also a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He wa

Geoffrey Cecil Winchester Baker studied medicine at London University and trained at Guy’s Hospital. He graduated MB, BS in 1955 and passed the fellowship of the college in 1960. After house jobs at Guy’s he went to the Sheffield Royal Infirmary and Children’s Hospital as a surgical registrar. Decid

Alan Lettin, one of the most distinguished orthopaedic surgeons of his generation, noted for his lifelong devotion to orthopaedic training and his commitment to the Royal College of Surgeons of England, was born in humble circumstances in the East End of London, where his father and mother ran a cor

Keith Hayes was an orthopaedic surgeon at Stawell District Hospital, Victoria, Australia. He was born in Melbourne on 4 August 1921, the third child and only son of Francis Leslie Hayes, a chartered accountant, and his wife, Isobel Oliver Hayes née Young. He obtained a scholarship to Malvern Church