Mihir Kumar Senapati was a medical officer in Nigeria. He was born on 30 December 1925, the second son of Nilamani Senapati, an administrator in the Indian Civil Service, and Indumati Senapati née Niyogi. He was educated at the Doon School in Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh, India, where he gained the schoo

Maurice Isidore Symonds was born in Melbourne on 24 July 1920, the son of Dr H. Symonds, a general practitioner at Murrumbeena. He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne, and graduated with honours in surgery and medicine at Melbourne University. He was a house surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hosp

Born in London on 9 June 1861, the sixth child and fourth son of John Henry Spreat, jeweller, and Harriet Jones, his wife. He was educated at Aldenham School until he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital. He acted for a time as resident medical officer at the Metropolitan Hospital before settling at Fi

Born on 30 December 1877 at Garforth, near Leeds, Yorkshire, son of Sir John Ward and his wife, *née* Brambles. His father afterwards became Lord Mayor of Leeds. He was educated in Switzerland and at Clare College, Cambridge, and took first-class honours in both parts of the Natural Sciences Tripos,

Born at Mere, Wiltshire on 20 September 1867 the seventh child and third son of John Farley Rutter, solicitor, and Hannah Player Tanner his wife, Hubert Rutter was educated at Sidcot Quaker School, his family being members of the Society of Friends, and at Weston-super-Mare, before entering the Lond

Born 19 May 1875 at 14 Seaton Terrace, Mutley, Plymouth, eldest child of Lewis Charles Thomson, accountant with the Admiralty, and Julia Boase, his wife. He was educated at Blackheath High School, and at Guy's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon and as obstetric registrar. He served also for

Arthur Dixon was born in Melbourne on 14 April 1922; the eldest son of R H E Dixon, and was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne. He entered the State Savings Bank as a clerk at the Croydon branch in 1939, living with his family at Lillydale. In 1941 he was conscripted to the Commonwealth Milita

Erichsen Sutton Page was born at Solihull where his grandfather and his father had been in medical practice. He went to Solihull Grammar School and thence to Cambridge as a scholar of Selwyn College. He was a brilliant student and graduated BA in 1919 with a first-class in the natural science tripos

Arthur Norman Jones was born on 14 January 1904 in Liverpool, the son of John Lewis Jones, an estate agent, and Catherine Elizabeth, the daughter of a banker. His early education was at the Blundellsands School and Liverpool College, and he went to medical school in Liverpool, graduating MB ChB in 1

William Bruce Norris Bomford, known as 'Bruce', was chief medical officer of British Petroleum. He was born in Salford Priors, near Evesham, Worcestershire on 7 February 1919. His father, Benjamin Norris Bomford, was a farmer and market gardener; his mother, Elsie Bomford née Fisher, was the daughte

Born on 1 August 1886 second son of Tissington W G Tatlow of Drumrora, Co Cavan, Ireland, he was educated at Trinity College and the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, where he won the Hudson prize. He qualified in 1911, and served as house surgeon to Berkeley Moynihan at the General Infirmary, Leeds. He wa

Born on 19 January 1899 at Tongwynlais, Glamorgan, the son of a civil engineer, he was educated at Charterhouse and, on leaving school at the age of eighteen, he joined the army and was commissioned in the Royal Garrison Artillery with No 119 Siege Battery, serving in France where he was wounded.