David Haw was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in York who had very broad interests, but enjoyed paediatrics as a subspecialty. He had an abiding interest in clinical anatomy, and in retirement taught anatomy to medical students for 11 years. He was born on 17 September 1926 at Batticaloa, Ceylon,

Hilton Harrop-Griffiths was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Gwent. He gained his MB BCh in 1947 and his FRCS in 1958. Before being appointed to his post in Gwent, he was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon for the Hull and East Riding Hospital Group, a senior registrar at Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Ho

Patrick Gowans Laing was an orthopaedic surgeon in Pittsburgh, United States, and a pioneering researcher into the use of safe metals for surgical implants. He was born in Putney, London, on 8 November 1923, the son of Harold James Gowans Laing, a major in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Enginee

Noël Blockley was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Glasgow. He was born in Bolton on 22 December 1921, the son of Frederick Austyn Blockley, a leather factory manufacturer, and Nora Blockley née Jackson, a teacher. He was educated at Miss Coffee's Primary, Bolton School and then Kingswood School

James Gordon Kendall was an orthopaedic surgeon who became medical director of Derwen College for the Disabled in Oswestry, Shropshire. He qualified in medicine from Birmingham University and passed the conjoint examination of the college the same year. An early appointment was as senior registrar t

Matthew Robert Wakelin Utting was a registrar in orthopaedic surgery in the Bristol area. He studied medicine at Manchester University, gaining a BSc in anatomy with first class honours in 1994 and his MB ChB in 1997. He held junior posts in Lancashire, Norfolk and the south west, and then joined t

Peter Cosmo Shaw was an orthopaedic surgeon in Bromley. He was born in Streatham, London, on 24 February 1934, the son of Eric Cosmo Shaw, a dental surgeon and orthodontist, and Dorothy Margaret Shaw née Butler, a maths teacher. Shaw's grandfather, David Cosmo Shaw, a dentist in Aberdeen, was said t

John Roy Pearson was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Birmingham General Hospital, the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and Birmingham Accident Hospital. He studied medicine in Birmingham, qualifying MB ChB in 1950. Prior to his consultant appointments, he was a registrar at the General Hospital, Birm

Gerald Charles Slee was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Hereford and at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. He studied medicine at Liverpool University, gaining his MB ChB in 1947. Prior to being appointed as a consultant, he was a registrar in the accident service a

The eldest son of Dr Matthias Roth, of Wimpole Street; studied at University College Hospital, where he was House Surgeon under Sir Henry Thompson, and also in Paris, Brussels, Vienna, and Berlin. He joined his father in orthopaedic practice in 1875, devoting himself especially to lateral curvature

Dick Berkin was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Hull and East Riding Group of Hospitals. He was born on 20 March 1920 in Hastings. Both his parents were missionaries of the temperance movement in China, where his father John Berkin was a surveyor, and his mother Catherine (née Coad) was a gy

Ronald ('Ron') McRae was an orthopaedic surgeon in Glasgow. He was born and bred in Ayrshire. His father, Kenneth McRae, was a policeman in the small town of Maybole. His mother, Annabella Robina McRae née Elder, had been a governess. Ron was educated at the local grammar school, Carrick Academy. Af