Peter Johnson was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Frimley Park and Farnham hospitals, Surrey. He was born on 6 June 1932, the only child of Percy George Johnson, a local GP in the Staffordshire mining village of Silverdale, and Daisy Evelyn Johnson née Rowley. He was educated locally at Wolstanton Grammar School, before going up to Merton College, Oxford to read medicine. He transferred to St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School for his clinical training and graduated BM BCh in 1957. From 1959 to 1961 he carried out National Service in the Army, where he reached the rank of captain, serving as medical officer to the 29th Field Artillery Regiment, mostly in Germany. He later spent some years in the Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve, with the RAMC. Returning to St Thomas’, Peter held various posts, including house surgeon in both general and thoracic surgery, and casualty officer, before gaining his FRCS in 1967. Peter undertook his orthopaedic training at St Thomas’, under the direction of Ronnie Furlong, and whilst there met his future wife, Ann Williams, an orthopaedic ward sister. During training, he also spent time at the associated Lambeth Hospital and a year on attachment, as associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Part way through the year he returned briefly in April 1973 to marry Ann in her home town of Dolgellau, Wales, before returning to the United States with her to complete his year. Returning to England, he became a chief assistant to the orthopaedic department of St Thomas’ and over the next year or so published work on the management of spinal injuries, the management of the critically ill and, jointly, an account of fractures of the spine. Peter was appointed as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon to Frimley Park and Farnham hospitals in 1977 and, with Ann, moved into Strangers Corner, Farnham – the first house built by Harold Falkner, the renowned Arts and Crafts architect, where they lived together for the next 46 years. Although appointed as a general orthopaedic surgeon, he took a full part in the on-call rota, dealing with trauma, until just a few years before he retired. He always had a special interest in knee surgery and was an early advocate of knee arthroscopy. He was intrigued by adolescent knee pain and the mechanics of the patellofemoral joint. He continued to enjoy both hip and knee arthroplasty. Expecting high standards of both himself and his colleagues, he could at times be quite acerbic, but a sharp rejoinder would usually result in a gracious apology, sometimes associated with a round of coffee or a box of chocolates! Peter retired from Frimley in 1997 and embarked on an active life as a volunteer driver for Care Farnham and, with Ann, running annual charity events for Guide Dogs for the Blind. After the local Oxfam charity bookshop opened in 2005, Peter was an early volunteer. He was an avid reader and could seldom leave a bookshop without a new purchase, and his exposure to books in the Oxfam shop gave him further opportunity to indulge this hobby. He had an extensive and wide-ranging library. For some years Peter worked behind the reception desk and as a guide at the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, where he became known for his very dry sense of humour. Retirement also gave him time to resume piano lessons after a gap of almost 50 years, and he took several exams to achieve grade five. He enjoyed painting and produced work of a high standard. Peter and Ann split their time between their home in Farnham, and a house they maintained in Dolgellau, and Peter was a member of art societies in both areas. Peter developed a great affection for the part of Wales from which his wife originated, which he would describe as ‘God’s own country’. He spent time learning about Welsh culture and made a great attempt to become proficient in the language. In the last few years, Peter’s physical health declined, and he became less mobile and more frail. He died peacefully in his home in Farnham in May 2023, and was buried near his own and Ann’s parents in Dolgellau, after a bilingual service in the chapel in which they had been married, 50 years earlier.