Ronald Macbeth was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, on 27 March 1903, the eldest son of William Murdoch Macbeth, secretary of the Northern Polytechnic, London, and Helena Kate, née Green, daughter of a GP in Hampstead. He was educated at Norman Court Preparatory School in Barnet, from which he won

Ken Harrison was born in Manchester on 3 August 1913 and subsequently studied medicine at Manchester University. He qualified in 1938 and became house surgeon to Sir Harry Platt, with whom he kept in close touch until Sir Harry's 100th birthday. He served in the RAF from 1941 to 1946, mainly in t

Sir Geoffrey Bateman was a distinguished ENT surgeon at St Thomas's, London. He was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, on 24 October 1906, where his father, William Bateman, was a general practitioner. His mother was Ethel Jane Scrimgeour. His elder brother, Donald Bateman, wrote a biography of Lord Moyn

Arthur Bateman ('Bryan') was born on 7 December 1913 in London, the son of Dr Alfred Benjamin Bateman, a general practitioner, and his wife Gwendoline Florence, née Grey. He was educated at Oundle and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He recorded that he assisted and was influenced by Sir James Paterson Ro

Philip Binns was born on 26 June 1928, son of Harry Binns, a merchant, and Selena Ellen Moore. He was educated at Keighley Grammar School, and then did his National Service with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as a radar mechanic. He was demobilised in 1948 and entered Leeds University

Born in Sydney on 9 May 1929 the son of Daniel McAlary, a grazier, and his wife, Beryl Luita, née Stratton, McAlary was educated by the Christian Brothers in Sydney and went on to study medicine at Sydney University, where he qualified in 1954. After junior posts he came to England to study otorhino

Julian Bihari was a consultant ENT surgeon at Singleton Hospital, Swansea and Glantawe Hospital. He was born on 24 June 1925, the son of Ida and Emil Bihari. Both of his parents were Jewish - his mother was from Lwów, Galicia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his father was from Budapes

Eiron Jones was born on 6 June 1921 in Putney, London, of Welsh parents. His father, John, was a master dairyman and his mother was Mary Jane, née Davey. He was educated at Latymer Upper School, and this was followed by medical training at the London Hospital Medical College between 1940 and 1945, d

Henry John Smith Waldeck was born at Oakengates, Shropshire, on 10 June 1927, the son of David Waldeck, an engineer, and his wife Annie Elizabeth, née Roberts. He was educated at Camphill Grammar School and King Edward VI High School, Birmingham, before entering the Birmingham Medical School. He qua

Nick Murrant was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon based initially at the City General Hospital and latterly the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle. He was born in Sotik, Kenya, on 25 August 1958 and moved to Eastbourne when he was three. He was the only child of Peter Murrant, an insurance br

Gerry Kilcoyne was born on 24 January 1927 in Glasgow to a general practitioner father, Dr Patrick Kilcoyne and his wife Rita, née McNulty. He was educated at Clongowes College Dublin, the National University of Ireland, Wood College and University College, Dublin. He held house appointments at St L

Peter Harold Huggill was born on 28 December 1919 in Surbiton and attended Dulwich College before reading medicine at Downing College, Cambridge in 1938. He completed his studies at King's College Hospital where he was house surgeon to Victor Negus and Terence Cawthorne. After service in the RAMC in