Stephen Creighton Suggit was born in Slingsby, Yorkshire, on 11 September 1909, the son of Dr Bertram Suggit MB, ChB Leeds, DPH, senior resident medical officer to the Public Dispensary, Leeds, and his wife Agnes Isabella, née Baker. His early education was at Bedford School, after which he enter

Jan Milan Kodicek was born in Prague in 1924 but after the invasion of Czechoslovakia, while still a schoolboy, he was forced to leave his native land and seek refuge in Britain. He entered St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1945 and after house appointments in general surgery and EN

Esmé Hadfield was born on 27 February 1921 in Long Ashton, Bristol. She was the daughter of Geoffrey Hadfield, Professor of Pathology at the Royal College of Surgeons, and Eileen, née Irvine, who came from farming stock in County Fermanagh, Ulster. She was educated at Clifton High School, St Hugh's

Thomas Michael Owen Morris was born in Borth, Cardiganshire, on 11 March 1928, the son of Reverend George Trevor Morris and after early education at Bloxham School, Banbury entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1946 having gained a choral scholarship. In addition to studying for the natural sciences

Harry Beagley qualified at the University of Otago in 1946 and came to England to specialise in ENT surgery. He returned to Auckland as a consultant ENT surgeon, but came back to London as a consultant otologist at the Nuffield Hearing and Speech Centre of the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hosp

Patrick Hunter Jobson was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon at Guildford. He was born in Ilford, Essex, on 19 December 1913, the son of Thomas Battersby Jobson MD, a consultant otolaryngologist, and Muriel Catherine Dorothea née Maconechy, whose father was a clergyman. Jobson was a direct de

John Jenkins was born on 19 October 1915. He trained at Guy's where he became house surgeon in ENT and then moved to Cardiff where he took up the post of senior registrar in ENT to the Cardiff Royal Infirmary. He became consultant ENT surgeon to the Leicester Royal Infirmary and was a Fellow of the

Frank Cunliffe Ormerod was born in Lancashire on 23 August 1894, and was educated at Manchester Grammar School and the University of Manchester where he had a distinguished career, winning the Dreschfeld and Dauntesey Scholarships, and graduated in medicine in 1916. He also passed the final Conjoint

Gavin Hamilton Livingstone was born at Paisley on 22 December 1904 where his father was in general practice. He was the third child in the family, and his elder brother and sister both became members of the medical profession. His brother, Dr James L Livingstone, was a consultant physician at King's

Born on 12 August 1880 he was educated at University College, London, where he was Bucknill Scholar, and at University College Hospital where he gained the Atkinson Morley surgery scholarship and was house surgeon, demonstrator of anatomy and lecturer on surgical anatomy. During the war of 1914-1

Henry Forster was born in December 1888 and received his early education at Ashaw College, Durham, and St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool. He studied medicine at Liverpool University and graduated with honours in 1912. Before this he had obtained his MSc degree for his work with Sherrington in t

Dennis Owen Clark was born at Kawimbe, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), on 18 August, 1907. His father was a missionary. He was educated at Eltham College, where he obtained exemption from the first MB and an entrance scholarship to St Thomas's Hospital when he won the Hadden Toller Prize. He graduated i