Heyworth Alexander Wigglesworth Watson studied medicine at Melbourne where he passed MB, BS in 1929. He was ENT resident at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1931. He moved to Edinburgh in 1932 where he was clinical assistant at the Royal Infirmary. He passed his Fellowship of the Royal College of Sur

Denis Bartlett was a consultant ENT surgeon at Victoria Hospital, Kingston upon Thames. He was born on 16 October 1918 and studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School. He qualified with the conjoint examination in 1942. Prior to his consultant post at the Victoria Hospital, he wa

Cecil Patrick Malley was surgeon to the Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, surgeon to the ENT Department of the St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children in Plaistow and consultant in aural surgery at Bushey Heath Hospital. He retired to Malaga and died there on 21 June 1981.

George Caiger was born on 26 April 1896, at Jacobstal, Orange Free State. His father, Herbert Caiger, FRCS, had been an ophthalmic surgeon in the UK and was practising in Burghersdorp. George was the eldest child of Herbert and his wife Mary Jane, nee Heritage. He grew up in Burghersdorp, and went t

William Stewart McKenzie was born in Highgate in 1908, the son of a well-known ear, nose and throat surgeon, Dan McKenzie, FRCS. After gaining the Natural Science Tripos at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, he graduated in medicine from the Middlesex Hospital, in 1933. Following resident appoin

Thomas Linthorn Bradbeer was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. He was born on 8 January 1925 in the west country, the son of a dentist. He was educated at Dartington Hall, Devon and went on to study medicine at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London

William Daggett, the only son of a Yorkshire general practitioner, was born at Boroughbridge on 2 October, 1900. From a preparatory school at Marston Moor he went as an exhibitioner to Sedberg School and then to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. After securing a first class Natural Science Trip

Anthony Edgar Steel trained at St Mary’s Hospital in London where he did house jobs before moving to the Hammersmith Hospital. He served in the RAMC as a lieutenant colonel in the territorial army. In 1960 he passed the fellowship of the college and, the following year, was appointed consultant ear,

John Roydon Peacock was the son of Ralph Peacock, an accomplished portrait painter whose work is represented by two paintings in the Tate Gallery and others in various national galleries throughout the world. He studied at Cambridge where he graduated with first class honours in the Natural Science

John Godden was born in London on 20 July 1925, the son of Charles Frederick Godden, a textile merchant and importer, and his wife Margaret, née Strachan. He was educated at Charterhouse, Merton College, Oxford and St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying in 1950. He did his National Service in the RAM

Michael Cox was born in Camberley, Surrey, on 14 April 1922, the son of Colonel Michael Cox of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. From Bradfield School he went to Corpus Christi Cambridge, and then to St Thomas's Hospital, where he qualified in 1946. He did house appointments at St Thomas's and then

Colin Dale was born in London on 2 June 1934, the son (one of twins) of Charles Hugh Dale, a general practitioner, and Phyllis Lucy, née Spring, a nurse. He was educated at Oundle School and St Bartholomew's Medical School, where he qualified in 1958, and where his father had trained before him.