Joseph Craig was one of the five sons of a Highland clergyman. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and St Andrews University, where he read medicine and qualified MB ChB in 1919 in spite of repeated ill health. He was house surgeon at the Royal Infirmary, Dundee and then held posts at St Luke's Hos

Born on the 4 August 1897 at Cardiff, the only son of David Jones, works manager for Guest, Keen and Nettlefold, he was educated at Cardiff High School and the University of South Wales, obtaining a BSc in 1919. For his medical education he attended the Welsh National School of Medicine, qualifying

Frederick William Markham Pratt was born in 1898 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the eldest son of a well known general practitioner, Dr E F Pratt. He went to Shrewsbury School and Durham University, coming to St George's Hospital to complete his medical course and qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 19

John Hackwood was born in Carlisle on the 28 October 1899, the son of Harold Hackwood, a consulting engineer. His mother, Marguerite, née Fereday, was the daughter of a surveyor. He was educated at the City of London School and St Thomas's Hospital Medical School having been awarded the Musgrove Sch

George Gordon Bruce was born at Aberdeen on 25 August 1891. He was educated at Fordyce Academy and Aberdeen University and was awarded the Keith Gold Medal in surgery, graduating MB ChB Aberdeen in 1915. He then served as a Captain RAMC in France and the Dardanelles and was mentioned in dispatches i

Mildred Faulkner (née Warde) was born in Knowsley, Lancs, on 18 February 1897 the daughter of Wilfred Brougham Warde who was medically qualified holding a London MD. She was educated at Hamilton House, Tunbridge Wells, and studied at Manchester University from 1915 to 1918. She studied medicine at t