Mercer Rang was an eminent paediatric orthopaedic surgeon. He was born in London in 1933 and studied medicine at University College London. He was a house officer in London and then a resident at Rochester. He went on to complete two years National Service, as a command surgical specialist in Northe

Thomas Stoyle ('Tom') was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Leicester Royal Infirmary and Glenfield General Hospital, Leicester. He was born on 21 April 1926 in Glasgow. His father was a regular soldier; his mother was German and the family regularly visited Germany for holidays. He was educated a

John Woodyard was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Stafford. He was born in London on 21 May 1931, the son of Harry Cyril Woodyard, a company director, and Caroline Victoria Woodyard née Wheeler. He was educated at Radley College, Clare College, Cambridge, and then Westminster Hospital Medical Sc

Paul Harald Osterberg was an orthopaedic surgeon in Belfast. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 28 October 1926, but spent his early years in New York, before his father's civil engineering career took the family to Ireland. His father Harald Østerberg also served as consul general for Denmark i

Owen William Deacon was born on 22 September 1929 in Karori, New Zealand. He was the son of William Francis Deacon, the manager and foreign representative for Scholl Manufacturing Company and his wife Marjorie née Hunter. After preparatory school in Wellington, New Zealand, the family moved to Birmi

Geoffrey Michael Boone Bulman was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Cornwall. He was born on 21 September 1927 in Norwich, Norfolk, the son of Michael Waldo Boone Bulman, an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and Muriel Louise Bulman née Hewlett, the daughter of Richar

Warren Fraser passed away in his 91st year after a short illness. Warren grew up in Auckland, the elder child of Robert Fraser, an engineer, and Clara Thomas. He had a younger sister, Jean. After attending Kohimaramara Primary school, Warren moved on to Auckland Grammar School where he became Cla

Sadly we acknowledge the passing of a truly great man, a gentleman surgeon, Mr Thomas Stevenson who passed away on 21 August 2016 following a battle with pancreatic carcinoma since 2014. Thomas Stevenson's origins are from Luss, a village near Loch Lomond in Scotland which accounts for his tenaci

John Glover Gill was born in Ossett, Yorkshire on 3 March 1925. He studied medicine at Cambridge University and St Thomas’s Hospital, where he initially specialised in obstetrics. After then working as a casualty officer at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, he moved to Leeds United Hospitals as a

John Hopkins was an orthopaedic surgeon at Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital and Mansfield General Hospital. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Peter Stiles was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford. He was born in Twickenham on 23 April 1933, the son of Frederick James Stiles, a brewery engineer, and Hilda Florence Stiles née Smith. He attended St Catherine's Convent School, Twickenham, and then th

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