James Patrick Sidney England, known as Patrick, was an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at the North Middlesex and Hammersmith hospitals in London. He was born on 5 May 1930 in London to Herbert Reginald England and Violet May England née King, the eldest of four children. His father was a consultant obstetrician and medical superintendent of Forest Gate Hospital, where Patrick spent his early childhood. He started his education at the Abbey School in Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire and spent the remainder of his schooldays at Downside School in Somerset. He enjoyed an extremely happy time there, and as well as his academic achievements he excelled at sport, and left with what was to be a lifetime passion for all sports, but in particular rugby. He played cricket for his school and also for the Army, and was middleweight boxing champion both at school and at university. Following school, Patrick was accepted at the London Hospital to pursue his medical training and qualified in 1955, going on to gain his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1962 and of England in 1967. He had various house physician and house surgeon posts, one of which was with the very eminent Sir Reginald Watson-Jones, which led to his interest in orthopaedics. Following these, he gained a short service commission to the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving at Aldershot and Wheatley military hospitals, finishing as captain and with a reserve posting as commander of a para field surgical team. His first post as an orthopaedic and trauma consultant was at the North Middlesex Hospital group in 1970, followed in 1971 by his appointment to Hammersmith Hospital, where he worked until 1997. These posts included the teaching of junior doctors and also of physiotherapists, on whose board of examiners he was a member. In addition, he had a very busy private practice with many overseas patients coming to consult him, as well as being invited to visit a number of countries in the Middle East to hold clinics and carry out surgery there. Patrick was involved in much research over the years and published many papers. He was a pioneer in the use of carbon fibre resurfacing of joints, and was very keen on developing the successful replacement of ankle joints. Inevitably a major interest was injury in sport and he treated many sports people throughout his career, very often getting them back to their sport when they had previously been told it would not be possible. He managed to combine his love of sport with his love of medicine. He was orthopaedic surgeon to Tottenham Hotspur Football Club from 1970 to 1985. He was a member of the Rugby Football Union’s injuries working party from 1984 to 1992 and team doctor for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. He was the first president of the British Association of Trauma in Sport, and founder member of the British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Association. All these posts he carried out with enormous passion and commitment. Patrick was very proud to be a vice president of the Society for Assistance of Medical Families (previously the Society for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men, founded in 1788) and had a very longstanding association with them, as did his father before him. He was also a member of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. Equally he was delighted to be able to make a contribution as medical adviser to Special Olympics GB, joining in 1997 and becoming a board member in 2008. Despite all his commitments, Patrick continued playing rugby at a high level over many years. He played for London Irish in the sixties, during which time his father was president of the club. Also of course the London Hospital team, very often with ‘Poppa’ England (as his father was known in the rugby world) watching from the touchline. In later years, he played for Saracens and went on many overseas tours with the teams. He is remembered by his team mates as a fearsome player but enormous fun to be with and always up for a pint after the game, if hospital duties permitted of course. Patrick also had a great love for good food and wine. He was a member of the Saints and Sinners Club of London, the London Hospital Dionysian Society and the Ordre de Coteaux de Champagne, to name a few of the societies. Membership of course came with the added bonus of many wine tours and wonderful dinners. From his first marriage to Gillian (née Ganner) Patrick had five children – Philip, Michael, Andrew, Patrick and Sarah. He married secondly, Monica (née Finn), in 1993 and when he eventually retired they settled happily in Rutland, where he enjoyed playing golf and supporting the local rugby team. Patrick died on 8 July 2020 aged 90. He is remembered as a great surgeon, an enthusiastic sportsman, and a charming, generous and wonderful man, who lived every aspect of his long life to the full.