Tom Wadsworth was one of the leading orthopaedic surgeons of his generation. He was born on 13 January 1930 in Liverpool, the son of Samuel Bertram Wadsworth and Elizabeth Brown. He was the youngest of four children and, being 14 years junior to the rest, had relatively old parents. His birth was di

John Knowles Stanley was a consultant hand surgeon at Wrightington Hospital, Manchester, where he led the upper limb unit, and a professor of hand surgery at the University of Manchester. He was born in Cardiff on 30 March 1944 the son of Frederick John Stanley and Mary Thelma Stanley née Morgan but

Hugh Brown was a consultant plastic surgeon at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, and a former president of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand. He was born on 25 February 1927 in Newcastle upon Tyne. His father, Charles Frank Brown, was a bank manager; his mother was Edith Temple Brow

Adrian Ede Flatt was a pioneering hand surgeon and chairman of the department of orthopedics at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. He was born in Frinton-on-Sea, Essex on 26 August 1921, the son of Leslie Neeve Flatt, a mechanical engineer with the Indian Railways who during Second Wor

John Shelswell was born in Warwickshire on 19 January 1919. His father, Henry Bower Shelswell, was a hospital administrator, his mother was Lily née Johnson. He was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield, and Manchester Grammar School, before going on to read medicine at Manchester University

Harold Bolton was an orthopaedic and hand surgeon in Manchester and Stockport. He was born in Blackpool on 15 August 1918. His father, Alexander Black Bolton, was the managing director of a confectionary company; his mother, Nina Bolton née Houldsworth, was also a director of the company. He attende

Gordon Robertson was a specialist in plastic surgery in Winnipeg and an associate professor at the University of Manitoba’s faculty of medicine. 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.

David Russell Dunkerley was a consultant orthopaedic and hand surgeon in Bath. 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

Roger Edward Adlard was a much-loved consultant plastic surgeon, sub-specialising in hand surgery, at St George’s Hospital, London. He was born on 11 April 1972 at Queen Mary’s Maternity Home, Hampstead, London, to Mavis Adlard née Ritchie and Maxwell Wright Adlard. He grew up in Hertfordshire along

Peter Mahaffey was a consultant plastic and hand surgeon at Bedford 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

Neil Watson was a hand surgeon in Oxford and Milton Keynes, and later a successful artist. He was born on 13 February 1944 at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford. Neil's father, John Stuart Ferra Watson, and paternal grandfather were both Guy's-trained doctors. As his father served in the Royal Army M

Mohamed Aly Mohamed Arafa was a consultant in trauma and orthopaedic surgery at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. His sub-specialty was hand surgery. He was born on 9 May 1950 and gained his MB BCh from Cairo University in 1973 and his FRCS in 1978. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a regi