John Beavis, a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, co-founded the charity IDEALS – International Disaster and Emergency Aid with Long term Support. He was born on 8 June 1940 in Brighton and came from a modest background, but the post-War Labour government gave him the opportunity of a good education, w

Charles Clinton-Thomas ('CT') was born on the 15 January 1912 in Dehra Dun, India, the eldest son of Brigadier Robert Clinton-Thomas RE and Evelyn Baddeley. He was educated at Charterhouse and University College Hospital and qualified with the conjoint diploma in 1937. His early appointments were at

Eric Baijal was born in India in 1918 and graduated in medicine in 1945 from the University of Agra. He came to England in 1950 for further training in surgery and in 1954 obtained the FRCS. He served in the British Colonial Service as a surgical specialist in Western Nigeria and Sierra Leone before

Bertram Mendelsohn qualified from Leeds in 1951 and after junior posts specialised in orthopaedics. He was appointed consultant in trauma and orthopaedic surgery to the Bolton and District Hospital. He is thought to have died in June 1999, survived by his wife.

Gordon Manson Chambers was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Peterborough. He was born on 17 March 1932, the son of Edward Tenyson Chambers, a civil servant, and Alva Isobel Chambers, a housewife. His father’s grandfather, Henry Chambers, was a surgeon and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons

Michael Broke Heywood-Waddington was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Broomfield, Chelmsford and Black Notley hospitals, Essex. Born in Littlehampton on 24 April 1929, his father, William Broke Heywood-Waddington, was a general practitioner in Arundel and Littlehampton who had served i

Charles Hierons was a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. He was born on 16 August 1931. His mother’s maiden name was Ward. He studied medicine at Durham University and qualified in 1954. He gained his FRCS in 1963. Prior to his consultant appointment he wa

Ronald Evans was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Birmingham Accident Hospital. He was born on 13 November 1933 in Liverpool. His father was Thomas James Evans, an oil company employee; his mother was Doris Selina Anne Evans née Foster. He attended the Liverpool Institute High School and went on

David John Moore was a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Colchester General Hospital. Born on 3 November 1960, he studied medicine at London University, graduating MB BS in 1986. After house jobs at Whipps Cross Hospital, he moved to the London Hospital as registrar then senior registrar in orthopae

Few if any have had as great an impact on Australian orthopaedic surgery as had Tom Taylor. 'TKFT' was born in Sydney in 1932, the son of Dr Charles and Mrs Dot Taylor of Bondi. In 1941, when invasion by the Japanese appeared possible, Tom's education (on a scholarship at Sydney Grammar School) was

Adrian Weale was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. He was born in Kent on 29 March 1963 to Felix Weale, a consultant vascular surgeon, and Audrey Weale née Elliott, a nurse. He was educated at the King’s School, Rochester and Gravesend Grammar School. He read medicine

Ronald Lawrie Huckstep was the inaugural professor of trauma and orthopaedic surgery at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and before that at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. He was born in Chefoo, China, on 22 July 1926. His father, Herbert George Huckstep, was appointed dir