Beatrice Smith was a surgeon at the South London and Marie Curie hospitals. She was born on 21 April 1903 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, the only child of Walter James Smith, a corn merchant, and Beatrice Amy née Gostling. She was educated at the Mount School, York, and University College Hospital, where s

Born 18 November 1902, the second son of William James McCulloch Ettles, MD, FRCS Edinburgh, ophthalmic surgeon, and his wife, Helen Edith Cotman; Dr Ettles practised in the City, and latterly at 114A Harley Street. Donald Ettles was educated at Marlborough College and Guy's Hospital. He qualified i

Born in South Africa, he graduated in arts at the University of Cape Town in 1922, and then came to England for his medical education. At University College, Oxford he took second class honours in the final school of physiology in 1924, and received his clinical training at the London Hospital. He s

Robert Victor Cooke was born at Berkeley, Gloucestershire, on 17 May 1902, the eldest son of John Cooke and Rose Eva O'Neill. He was educated at Lydney Grammar School, on the opposite side of the Severn estuary. He entered Bristol University to study chemistry, but later transferred to the faculty o

Robert Lord Holt was born near Oldham on 18 May 1903 and educated at William Hulme's Grammar School, and Manchester University, where he qualified with many distinctions. He held numerous resident appointments in Manchester and obtained his Fellowship in 1928. In 1931 he was Dickson Travelling Schol

Born on 16 August 1900, eldest son of James Greenwood of Blackburn, he served for two years in the Royal Flying Corps in the first world war. Afterwards he studied pharmacy in Blackburn Technical College, and by means of scholarships he worked his way at St Bartholomew's Hospital to study medicine.

Educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was Brackenbury Surgical Scholar, demonstrator of anatomy and senior house surgeon. He was then appointed chief assistant to the surgical professorial unit. He took the Fellowship in 1927 and the Cambridge Mastership of Su

Born on 16 March 1896 first son of Satis Chandra Ray, school-teacher and later a lawyer, and his wife Sumati Bose a well known singer, he was educated at the Zilla School, Ranchi under Mr Tipping. He won a scholarship tenable in Bihar, and took his higher education under Father Thompson at St Columb

Born at Glasgow, 15 December 1902, the second child and second son of Henry Edward Richardson, glass manufacturer, and Emily Elizabeth Smith, his wife. He was educated at the Glasgow High School, 1908-14. His father retired from business in 1914, and coming south sent his son to the Dudley Grammar S

Leonard Charles Lancaster was born in Brockley, South-East London, on March 10, 1902. He was a scholar at Aske's School, Hatcham, obtained a scholarship to Downing College, Cambridge, and a further scholarship to St George's Hospital in London where he won the Allingham Prize. After house appointmen

William Leslie qualified MB BS in 1927, having studied medicine at Guy's. He became a Fellow of the College in 1933. He was consultant surgeon to St Mary Abbot's Hospital, London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He died on 5 June 1982.

John Penry studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, where he became obstetric officer and casualty officer. He was house surgeon to the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, and then took up the part-time post of medical referee to the Welsh Office in Cardiff. He was a member of the Glamorgan Loca