John Walkden was a senior orthopaedic registrar at the United Liverpool Hospitals and orthopaedic and surgical registrar to the professorial unit of Broadgreen Hospital Liverpool. He then became a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at West Cheshire and Central Wirral Hospitals. He was a member of the Li

Myer Makin was professor of orthopaedics at Hadassah University, Jerusalem. He was born in Birkenhead in March 1919, the son of Leon Makin and Rebecca nee Goldman, furniture dealers. He studied medicine at Liverpool University and was house surgeon at Walter Municipal Hospital, Liverpool, before joi

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

Geoffrey Newton was an orthopaedic surgeon in Derby and one of the pioneers of knee replacement surgery. He was born on 17 July 1930 in Salford, Greater Manchester, one of three children of a sheet metal worker and his wife. From Stockport School, he won a state scholarship to read medicine at Manch

Patrick was born on the 29th April 1932 in Oxford England, the eldest son to parents William and Florence, brother to siblings Elizabeth and Richard. Patrick was an excellent scholar and he enthusiastically fulfilled his parents' wishes to study medicine, graduating from the Westminster Medical Scho

Geoffrey John Lloyd was born on 1 April 1933 in Sheffield. He was the first child of John Arthur Lloyd, a quantity surveyor, and his wife Doris née Matthews. After attending Nether Edge Grammar School he began studying medicine at Sheffield University in 1951, graduating MB,ChB in 1957. While in Sh

Jeremy Hopkins was an orthopaedic surgeon at Wellington Hospital, New Zealand. He was born on 30 December 1934, the son of Hugh Alfred Phelps Hopkins and Berys Dashwood Hopkins née Parsonson. He was educated at Scots College, Wellington and then studied medicine, qualifying in 1959. He was a hou

Paul Foggitt was an orthopaedic surgeon in Burton upon Trent. Born on 18 October 1932 in Rawdon near Leeds, he was the son of George Herbert Foggitt, an architect, and his wife Ivy née Roberts. After attending Leeds Grammar School he studied medicine at the University of Leeds Medical School graduat

James Anthony Walden Fitzgerald was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Southampton and at the Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, Alton. He studied at Cambridge University and at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1961. He gained his FRCS in 1965. Prior to his consultant appointment, he

Ray Davies was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Gloucester. He was born in Romford, Essex on 9 September 1933 to Arthur Davies, a London dock official, and his wife, Elsie, a chiropodist. An only child, he grew up in Hornchurch. His secondary education was at Brentwood School, where he was an aca

Ronald Philip Quirk was an orthopaedic surgeon in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia who specialised in treating foot injuries. He was born in St Kilda, Victoria, the only child of Henry Philip (Phil) Quirk, a sales representative, and Alice Havilland Quirk née Nase, the daughter of a grazier. He was ed

David Arturo Reynolds was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at St Thomas’ Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. 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