William Ursell was born in Bognor Regis, Sussex on 8 November 1935. He was the second son of Gerald Seward Ursell, a master baker and catering managing director, and his wife Lily Beatrice née Wren, whose father served in the Royal Navy. Educated at Westloats Lane Primary School in Bognor Regis, Chi

Born in 1884 at Boston, Lincolnshire son of William Gilliatt, he received his medical training at the Middlesex hospital, where he was an outstanding student. He won the Hetley clinical scholarship, the junior Broderip scholarship, the Leopold Hudson scholarship and the Lyell gold medal and scholars

Aubrey Goodwin was born on 4 September 1889, son of Alfred Goodwin, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and was educated at University College and Hospital, London, qualifying in 1913 and winning the Honours Medal. After holding resident appointments he joined the RAMC in 1914 serving at Salonika and

Born 1 December 1854 the elder son of the Rev John Griffith, LLD, head master of Brighton College, and his wife Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Foster of Brooklands, Cambridge. His younger brother Francis Llewellyn Griffith, DLitt, became professor of Egyptology at Oxford and died in 1934. He w

Born on 20 May 1904 at Oamaru in the South Island of New Zealand, fourth child and third son of Walter Searle, a car importer, and Mary Fox his wife, he was educated at Waitaki Boys High School and Otago Medical School, Dunedin. After postgraduate study at Guy's Hospital, he devoted himself to gynae

Born at Birmingham on 12 December 1897 son of Isaac Shaw JP, he was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and at St John's College, Cambridge where he was an open entrance scholar and won a foundation scholarship and Wright's prize and took first-class honours in the first part of the Natural

William Stewart Campbell was born on 17 November 1907, the son of Sir John Campbell, a leader in gynaecology in Ulster. His mother was one of the earliest women graduates in medicine in Belfast. After a distinguished school career at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, in which he also found t

Frank Cook was the son of Frank Plant Cook, and was born on 6 November 1888 at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. He went to Bedford Modern School and Guy's Hospital Medical School, where he had a brilliant career as a student. Having obtained a university scholarship and research studentship in

Malcolm Stening was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Sydney, Australia. He was born in Sydney on 17 August 1912, the third son of George Smith Stening, a dairy expert, and Muriel Grafton Stening née Lees, the daughter of a printer who was also mayor of Sydney. Stening was educated at Sydney Boys

John Carron Brown, known to his colleagues as ‘JCB’, was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Norwich. He was born in Sutton, Surrey, on 29 June 1925, the older son of Cecil Carron Brown, a general practitioner, and Jessamy Harper, a solicitor. Educated first at Homefield Preparatory Schoo

Barton Gilbert was a consultant in gynaecology and obstetrics. He was born in Wembley, London, on 28 October 1908. His father, Ernest Jesse Gilbert, was an accountant. His mother, Amy Louise (whose maiden name was also Gilbert), was the daughter of a leather-merchant. His family was descended from W

Dennis Bonham was head of the postgraduate school of obstetrics and gynaecology at the National Women’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. He was born in London on 23 September 1924, the son of Alfred John Bonham, a chemist, and Dorothy Alice Bonham, a pharmacist. He was educated at King Edward VI Sch