Graham Belham was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and, for a time, clinical director of surgery at Mount Vernon and for the Watford Hospital NHS Trust. He also practised privately in local hospitals. He was born in Thetford, Norfolk, on 3 March 1955, the son of Walter and Joyce Belham. He had one b

Guillaume Tom du Toit, known as 'Gumee', was professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He was born in Johannesburg on 22 November 1909, the son of Guillaume Johannes Izak du Toit, headmaster of the Abraham Kriel Orphanage at Langlaaglte, which had been founded for

Robert Bruce Salter, known as 'Bob', a sixth generation Canadian, was a pioneer in orthopaedic surgery in children. He was born in Stratford, Ontario, on 15 December 1924 and graduated from the University of Toronto. He then worked for two years at the Grenfell Medical Mission in Newfoundland, and s

Peter Shires was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey. He was born in Huddersfield, the son of Frank Shires, a wool merchant, and Marion née Eastwood. He was the nephew of Bertram Shires, a radiologist at St Thomas' and Great Ormond Street hospitals. He wa

John Monk was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Liverpool. He was educated in South Africa, at the Christian Brothers' College in Bokburg. After finishing his schooling, he worked in the family business and then went to the UK, hoping to start an acting career, but soon realised he wanted to be a

Michael Francis Pilcher was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the London Hospital. He was born on 4 October 1916 in Ealing, west London, the youngest of the seven children of Thorold Sturtevant Pilcher, a manufacturer, and Helena Pilcher née Neilson. His older brother, Robin Sturtevant Pilcher, be

Harry Piggott was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and Birmingham Children's Hospital. He was born in Kilburn, Derbyshire, on 16 December 1925, the only child of John Henry Piggott, a miner, and Elizabeth Piggott née Barrett, the daughter of a potter. He was educate

James Bothwell Pyper was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Northern Ireland. He qualified in Belfast in 1946 and gained his FRCS in 1951. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a registrar at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital in Exeter and a senior registrar in orthopaedic surgery f

Carl John Williams was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester. He studied medicine at University College London, gaining a BSc in medical microbiology in 1989 and qualifying MB BS in 1992. He was a senior house officer in general surgery at Blackpool, and then a clinica

James Arnault James was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Kidderminster. He was born on 9 June 1917 in Gwynfe, a thriving farming community in rural Carmarthenshire, Wales. Both his parents, James and Florence (née Jones) were schoolteachers, and had moved to Gwynfe when they married. John and his

Mervyn Bell was consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Wigan from 1977 to 2004. Born in Hove in 1937, he qualified from Guy's Hospital in London working in the fields of general surgery and neurosurgery. On developing an interest in orthopaedics he moved to the Royal Free Hospital and the Nuffield Orthop

David Evans was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Queen Mary's and the Westminster Hospital, London. He was born in London on 21 September 1919, the son of Arthur Evans OBE FRCS who was a general surgeon at the Westminster and Royal Masonic Hospitals and his wife, Dorothy, née Briant. His eldest b