Douglas Freebody was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Kingston Hospital. He was born in Woolwich, London, on 19 April 1911, the son of a successful tailor, and attended the City of London School, before entering Guy’s Hospital Medical School, which he represented at hockey and boxing. After quali

David Hirschowitz was born in Johannesburg in 1943 and spent his early years in South Africa and Zimbabwe. He studied medicine at Cape Town University, commencing in 1961 and, having been based at Groote Schuur Hospital, by a happy coincidence he graduated on the same day in 1967 that Christiaan Bar

Bob Johnson was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in the Wirral. He was born in Manchester in 1941, and studied medicine at Manchester University, where his training rotation took him to Wrightington in 1974, where John Charnley had pioneered the low friction arthroplasty of the hip. His enthusiasm i

John Beverley King studied medicine at the London Hospital Medical College and graduated MB, BS in 1967. During his orthopaedic training at the London, he was also attached to the knee unit at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital for a time. Later he obtained a fellowship to study in France with

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

David Campbell was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Countess of Chester 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

Murray Matthewson was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Cambridge and a former president of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand. 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