Geraldine Mary Barry was born on 4 October at Wakes Colne, Essex, the daughter of the Reverend Walter and Anna Barry. She was educated at Queen Anne's School, Caversham, and was originally destined to read mathematics at Cambridge, but this was changed by the visit of Professor Winifred Cullis (Prof

George Armitage was born at Rothwell, near Leeds, on 20 April 1896 the son of George Armitage, a company director and chairman of the family brickworks. His mother was Annie Elizabeth Flocton, the daughter of a prison governor. He was educated at the village school at Ackworth and entered Leeds Medi

George Selvaratnam Sinnatamby was born on 10 April 1892, and was educated at St Thomas's College, Colombo, and the Ceylon Medical College, graduating LMS in 1916. As a student he won the Matthew gold medal and the Diploma medal. In 1920 he came to England for postgraduate studies at St Bartholomew's

Born on the 4 August 1897 at Cardiff, the only son of David Jones, works manager for Guest, Keen and Nettlefold, he was educated at Cardiff High School and the University of South Wales, obtaining a BSc in 1919. For his medical education he attended the Welsh National School of Medicine, qualifying

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

George Gordon Bruce was born at Aberdeen on 25 August 1891. He was educated at Fordyce Academy and Aberdeen University and was awarded the Keith Gold Medal in surgery, graduating MB ChB Aberdeen in 1915. He then served as a Captain RAMC in France and the Dardanelles and was mentioned in dispatches i