Consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon

• Known as Harry 
• Born 1910
• Qualified Durham and St Bartholomew’s Hospital 1938
• Served as a graded service in the royal Army Medical Corps in the Middle East and Palestine 1941-1945
• Consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at the Accident Hospital 1951-1975
• He was co-founder and subsequent chairman of the Head Injury Trust, the Head Injuries Club and the Head Injury Work Centre in Selly Oak 
• He was a member of the BMA for 65 years 
• He was joint author of the book “Principles of First Aid for the Injured”
• Pre and post retirement Harry worked for the Birmingham Road Research Group at the Acci  
• Pre-deceased by his first wife Jean in 1973
• He leaves his second wife Joan, two children and four grandchildren
• Harry died from pneumonia following surgery to repair a fractured neck of femur on 1 April 2007