Herbert Harris was born in Bristol and was educated at Clifton College. In the first world war he was commissioned in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and served in the Dardanelles where he was awarded the Military Cross. After the war he studied medicine at Cambridge University and at St Bartho

Courtenay Yorke was born at Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, on 18 May 1884, the son of a Methodist Minister. He was educated at Epworth College, near Rhyl, North Wales, and at University College, Liverpool (now University of Liverpool) where he graduated MB ChB in 1905. He also obtained the MB BS degr

Mildred Faulkner (née Warde) was born in Knowsley, Lancs, on 18 February 1897 the daughter of Wilfred Brougham Warde who was medically qualified holding a London MD. She was educated at Hamilton House, Tunbridge Wells, and studied at Manchester University from 1915 to 1918. She studied medicine at t

Born in Bhavnagar on 15 September 1903, he was educated at the Elphinstone High School, the Elphinstone College and the Royal Institute of Science, Bombay. He received his medical education at Grant Medical College, Bombay from 1923 to 1928, and was appointed house surgeon and surgical registrar at

Wallace Black was born at 14 Park View Road, Finchley on 12 September 1917; his father, James Black was a company director and his mother was Jane Duckworth, whose father was an electrical engineer. Black was educated at Finchley County School and at King's College London, and Westminster Hospital M

Born at Morriston, Glamorgan on 27 July 1901, only child of C G Dahne a general practitioner at Portardawe, Glamorgan, and Mabel Louise Thomas his wife, daughter of a Swansea dental surgeon. C G Dahne, whose father was a Danish metallurgist naturalised in Great Britain, was surgeon to the factories

Born 18 June 1878 at Saltair, Yorkshire, only son, with one sister, of Arthur Mason Worthington (1852-1916), FRS, then head master of the Salt Schools, Shipley, and afterwards professor of physics successively at HM Dockyard School, Portsmouth, the Royal Naval Engineering College, Devonport, and the

John Dreadon was born in Northern Wairoa, North Auckland, New Zealand on 29 May 1898, the fourth child in a family of six; his father was a farmer and his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Webb. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and Otago University, Dunedin, qualifying in 1921. He held va

Charles Paul Wilson was born on 17 August 1900 and received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1922. He obtained the FRCS in 1925 and then specialized in otolaryngology. He was appointed a consultant at the Middlesex Hospital in 1930, and in 1945

Robert Cunningham Bruce Macrae was born in New Zealand and served in the New Zealand Army Medical Corps in the first world war. He graduated in Edinburgh, and after obtaining the FRCS in 1924 he practised in Milford Haven before going out to Port Elizabeth in 1931 where he joined Dr James Gilbert in

The only son of Thomas Ouston, of Holmefield. He was educated at the Yorkshire College and at Guy's Hospital. For two or three years he held important posts at Leeds General Infirmary, where he was Senior House Surgeon and Ophthalmic and Aural House Surgeon, and at Horsforth, where he was Resident M

Born on 16 March 1869 at Stoneycroft, Green Lane, Liverpool, the fourth child and second son of John Edward Dickinson, owner of the Liver Block Works, Peter's Lane, Liverpool, and Elizabeth Humphreys, his wife. He was educated at the Merchant Taylor's School, Great Crosby, Liverpool and at Liverpool