Howard Smith was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, Princess Royal University Hospital, Bromley and Queen Mary's, Sidcup. Born in Macclesfield on 4 April 1938, he was the son of Frank, a coachbuilder and his wife Annie née Holland. His secondary education was

Mervyn Bell was consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Wigan from 1977 to 2004. Born in Hove in 1937, he qualified from Guy's Hospital in London working in the fields of general surgery and neurosurgery. On developing an interest in orthopaedics he moved to the Royal Free Hospital and the Nuffield Orthop

Lance Karl Hyde Therkildsen was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in west Essex, based at Epping, Bishop’s Stortford and Harlow. He was born on 26 July 1937, the only son of Karl Therkildsen and Hilda Therkildsen née Hyde. He owed his name to a Danish grandfather, but never actually visited Denmark u

David Lightowler was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Billericay and Basildon, Essex. He was born in Horsforth, Leeds, on 30 January 1936, the son of Charles Lightowler, a company director, and Isabel Mary Lightowler née Buttle, and obtained a scholarship to Giggleswick School, where he excelled