Born on 25 June 1902, son of John Forrester Wood FRCS of Southport, he wished to make the army his career but the loss of sight in one eye at the age of 12 prevented this. Educated at Cheltenham College he was apprenticed at 16 to a firm of engineers, but owing to the world depression his father adv

Richard Orgias was born at Palmerston North, New Zealand, and went to the Palmerston North Boys' High School and then to Otago University where he graduated with the MB degree in 1934. For his post-graduate training Orgias came to London and worked at St Thomas's and University College Hospitals,

Born on 23 May 1905 in Bristol, Trevor Hellier Berrill was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Bristol University where he graduated MB, ChB in 1938, obtaining the Conjoint Diploma in the same year. He held resident appointments at Bristol Royal Infirmary and the Royal Northern Hospital and in 19

William James Lytle was born on 27 September 1896 at Maghera, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland. His father, Thomas Alexander Lytle was a farmer, his mother, Mary Jane (née Moore) the daughter of a farmer, and his uncle was a general practitioner. He was educated at Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt

Stanley Miller was born in Aberdeen on Christmas Eve 1938, the son of Robert Scott Miller, a pharmacist, and Mary, née Reid. He was educated at Robert Grodon's College, Aberdeen, and went on to study medicine at Aberdeen University, where he won honours in anatomy. After early appointments he became

Little is known about Kathleen Frith, who qualified at the Royal Free Hospital in 1946. She subsequently trained in surgery, taking her FRCS diploma in 1952 and becoming a surgical registrar at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Later she was appointed senior surgical registrar at the Hospital for Sick Chil

David Schlicht was born in Beaufort, Victoria, Australia, on 25 July 1924. His father, Theodore, was a stock and station agent. He studied at Melbourne University and St Vincent's Hospital and gained honours in surgery. He came to Britain to study, and in 1951 he was demonstrator in anatomy at Ca

Harry Clifford Jones was born at Gateshead, County Durham, on 10 November 1925 and graduated MB BS from King's College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 1948. After appointments at Ashington and national service in the Royal Air Force he became registrar in orthopaedic surgery at Hexham General Hospital. In

Stewart Young Feggetter was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 10 April 1908, the son of William Feggetter, a ship broker, and his wife Amelia, née Young. After early education at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he entered the University of Durham for medical studies. His brother, George,

Michael Richard Robertson Martin was born in Ilford and educated at Brentwood School and the London Hospital. He graduated MB BS in 1965 and after house appointments embarked upon his surgical career, holding posts at his old teaching hospital and at the Westminster Children's Hospital and Cardiff.

Arnold Katz was born on 10 September 1920 in the town of Benoni in the East Rand, the eldest son of Abe and Anne Katz. His parents were expatriate Lithuanian Jews, and his father was a businessman in the import and export trade, who later moved to Cape Town. Both his parents died at an early age and

William Ainslie Anderson was a paediatric and general surgeon in Derby. He was born on 24 September 1925 in Aberdeen into a medical family. His father, William Anderson, was a well-known surgeon and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. His mother was Barbara Matthew Kate Anderson née Gibson, a