Joseph Francis Silva was a distinguished orthopaedic surgeon who developed the Silva replacement elbow. He was born on 12 September 1915 in Moratuwa, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He was educated at St Peter’s College, Colombo, and then at Ceylon Medical College in the same city. He qualified in 1941 with

Barry Crymble qualified in medicine in Belfast in 1945. He passed the FRCS in 1951 and practiced as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon for the Northern Ireland Hospital Authority. He was a member of the British Orthopaedic Association and the Ulster Medical Society. He died on 17 June 2002, aged 81.

Percy Harry Dector graduated in medicine from the University of Manitoba in 1942. He specialised in orthopaedic surgery and became a lecturer in anatomy at Manitoba University. He died on 19 July 1982 aged 63, survived by his six children Michael, Ann, Richard, Moira, Rebecca, Derry (also medically

Arthur Orfleur Parker graduated in medicine in the University of Manitoba in 1920, and was a house surgeon at the Winnipeg General Hospital. He specialized in orthopaedic surgery, and when he came to England he held the post of assistant surgeon at the Warwickshire Orthopaedic Hospital, Holeshill; r

Derek Willey Purser was born near Heywood, Lancashire, on 14 June 1922, and was educated at Heywood Grammar School and Manchester University where he graduated MB ChB in 1946. After house appointments he took the FRCS in 1951 and served for two years as an orthopaedic surgeon in the Army in Germany.

Born 8 November 1921 in Melbourne, the son of Arthur Ernest Bedbrook, a gardener, and Ethel Nora Prince. George Bedbrook was educated at the State School, Coburg, the University High School, Melbourne, and the medical school of the University of Melbourne. There he won honours in every subject in th

Alun Iorwerth Rhydderch was born in Dronfield, near Derby, in 1918, but in 1926 the family emigrated to Australia. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School, of which he was dux in 1935. He went to Sydney University where he graduated in medicine. After two years as resident medical officer at the Pr

'Mannie' Lunz was born in Benoni on 4 May 1924. He was educated at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg and studied medicine at the University of Witwatersrand, qualifying in 1946. After junior posts at Johannesburg General Hospital he went to England to study orthopaedics under Professor Brian Mc

Mason was born in Kimberley of British immigrant parents in 1912, did his schooling at Kimberley Boys' High and went on to study medicine at the University of Cape Town. While there, he played water polo and swam for the university, and, being an accomplished pianist, played at the college dances. H

George Leonard Shatwell was born in Litherland, a northern suburb of Liverpool, on 2 October 1913 and after early education in a local school left at the age of fourteen to work for a local pharmaceutical company. He acquired a strong ambition to study medicine and at the age of twenty-two was accep

John McNeur was born on 12 July 1919 at Whakatane, New Zealand, the son of William McNeur, a Presbyterian minister and his wife Annie, née Clarke. He was educated at Otago Boys' High School and Otago University Medical School in Dunedin, where he qualified in 1943. After house appointments in Dunedi

Terence McSweeney (always known as Mac) was born on 30 October 1920 in Youghal, County Cork, Eire. He was educated at Presentation College, Cork City, and University College, Cork, Medical School where he qualified with honours in 1943. His future career in orthopaedics, and particularly the treatme