John Arthur Wilkinson studied medicine in Wales and graduated MB, BCh in 1948. Initially he worked as a registrar at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. He then became senior registrar at the Westminster Hospital and passed the fellowship

Brian Knight Madden was an orthopaedic surgeon in Yeovil, Somerset. Born on 22 April 1924 he studied medicine at Cambridge University graduating MB BCh in 1949. After house jobs at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, the Middlesex Hospital and the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital in Oswestr

Geoffrey Joseph Bendeich was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia. He was born on 30 December 1928, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Bendeich and attended the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, where he played rugby in the first 15. He studie

Terence Richard Beatson was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon for the Isle of Man Health Service. He was born in Garstang, Lancashire, the son of John Beatson, an Army officer, and Elizabeth Eva Beatson. He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, where he was captain of the rugby, cricket and

Edward Hargadon qualified MB ChB at the University of Wales in 1948 and obtained the conjoint diploma in the same year. He gained the Fellowship of both the College and the Edinburgh College in 1957. After a house post in the Fracture and Orthopaedic Department of the Royal Infirmary, Cardiff, he ma

Michael Alexander Browne was director of orthopaedic surgery at Stamford Hospital and St Joseph Hospital, Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He was born in Longford, County Longford, Ireland, the fifth of 11 children of Francis Joseph Browne, who worked in insurance, and Roseanne Browne née Murtagh, a hous

Leslie Klenerman was professor of orthopaedic and accident surgery at the University of Liverpool. He was born in Johannesburg on 1 May 1929. His parents, Aaron and Fanny Klenerman, were part of a Latvian and Lithuanian community which had emigrated to South Africa earlier in the century. His father

Ian James MacQueen was an orthopedic surgeon in Martinsburg, West Virginia and then Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter, Florida. He was born on 28 September 1920 in London, the son of John Gillies MacQueen, a manganese and iron ore broker, and Doris Olivia MacQueen née Roberts, an actress at the Gaiety

John Gladstone Sweeney was born on 26 January 1928. His father James Sweeney was also a doctor who served with the AIF on the Western Front in the 1st World War. The family have fortunately maintained his copperplate hand written diaries of his war service and his interest in the nature and treat

Robin Ling, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital and Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, was an innovative hip surgeon; his ‘Exeter hip system’ improved the lives of millions of people worldwide. He was born in London on 7 September 1927, the son of William Ha

John William Goodfellow, or 'JWG' as he was widely known, was a consultant surgeon at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford. With his death British orthopaedics lost one of its most distinguished practitioners. He was born in London on 31 October 1927, the son of Percy, an actuary, and Violet. His mot

Henry Vernon Crock (known as Harry) was a pioneering Australian spinal surgeon. He was born in Perth, Western Australia on 14 September 1929, the son of Vernon Crock and Annie Crock née Doyle. He studied medicine at the University of Melbourne with his identical twin brother Gerard William Crock, wh