Lucian Gladwin Blaise Weliwita-Gunaratne was an accident and emergency surgeon in Kidderminster, and later returned to Sri Lanka, where he was a consultant surgeon at the Central Hospital (Nawinne). He was born on 3 February 1930 at Teldeniya, near Kandy, Ceylon. His parents, Don Zacharias Weliwita-

Norman Desmond Ashe specialised in orthopaedics and plastic surgery. He qualified from Oxford University in 1945 and passed the fellowship in 1953. He became a house surgeon at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford. Moving to London he took a post at the Hammersmith Hospital and then worked in the depar

Rowan Pool was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Rowley Bristow Orthopaedic and St Peter’s hospitals. He was born on 16 November 1951. His mother’s maiden name was O’Gorman. He studied medicine at Leeds University, qualified in 1974 and gained his FRCS in 1980. Prior to his consultant appo

Christopher Tiwari was educated at Agra University and at the SW Medical College, Agra, gaining a BSc in 1947 and qualifying MB BS in 1952. After qualification he was a demonstrator in pathology at his medical college, before coming to Britain and gaining his Fellowship. Thereafter he held registrar

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

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

Kenneth Peter Boardman was a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Sydney Mahaindra Nauth Jaikaran was a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He was born in British Guiana on 5 January 1934, the youngest of nine children. In 1952 he won a Guyana scholarship to study medicine at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Four

Fred Ehrlich was a professor of rehabilitation, aged and extended care at the University of New South Wales: his career in medicine and academia spanned orthopaedic surgery, psychiatry, geriatrics and rehabilitation. He was born on 23 March 1923 in Czernowitz, Bukovina (now divided between Romania a

Fiona Muir was a consultant orthopaedic hand surgeon at the Sussex Orthopaedic Treatment Centre. She was born on 9 August 1971 and studied medicine at Bristol University, qualifying in 1994. She gained her FRCS in 1998 and prior to her consultant appointment was a specialist registrar at the Quee