Reginald Alfred King was born in Leicester on 22 June 1901. He was educated at Alderman Newton's (Greencoat) Grammar School, Leicester, St Mary's Hospital Medical School and London University. He qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1927 and MB BS London in 1929. He had a successful career at St Mary's Hospital

Archie Murrell Acheson Moore, known as Dintie, was born in Pretoria on 14 August 1904 and underwent his early education in South Africa. He came to London with his family at the age of seventeen but within a year his father had died, leaving the family with very little money. He entered the London H

After receiving his medical education at University College Hospital Medical School and at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, Hugh Elwyn James qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1927 and graduated MB, BS in 1929. He received his FRCS in 1931 and also became a member of Gray's Inn. In t

Francis Ward Allinson was born in Alford, Lincolnshire on 12 July 1904 the son of Sidney Ward Allinson and his wife Frances Mary. He attended Aldenham Preparatory School and studied medicine at University College London, qualifying in 1928. He held early appointments at the Miller Hospital, Greenwic

George Dorling was born in 1905 in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, the son of Arthur Whayman Dorling, secretary to the Congregational Church Building Society, and his wife Jane Elizabeth, née Passfield. He was at school in Loughton before entering the London Hospital Medical School where he was awarded th

Stanley Livingstone Wilson was born at Dannevirke, New Zealand, in 1905, and was educated at Dannevirke High School where he was head prefect and captain of the cricket and rugby teams. While at school he played for Hawke's Bay at cricket and secured many prizes as well as a university entrance scho

William Elphinstone Underwood was born in Birmingham on 20 October 1903, the son of Dr Arthur Underwood MRCS, a general practitioner, and his wife, Phyllis Maud (née Fairclough). His father was a descendant of Dr Michael Underwood, physician to Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. His early edu

Phadke was born in 1901 and educated in East Khandesh, India. His clinical medical training was received at University College Hospital. London, and he graduated in 1927. Returning to India he became surgeon at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Bombay, an appointment he held until his retire

Born in 1895 at Glasgow, he was educated at Grosvenor School, Carlisle and apprenticed to a chemist there. He served in the Black Watch through the war of 1914-18 and then began his medical training at King's College Hospital, where he served as house surgeon and surgical registrar after qualifying

William John Wilkin was born at Wickham Brook, Suffolk, in 1901, the son of Robert Hugh Wilkin, a general practitioner, and his wife Fanny Louisa, née Walker. He was educated at Uppingham School, Clare College, and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School. After being house surgeon to Sir Charles Go

Born on 16 November 1903, Max Ernst studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he completed house jobs and then spent a period at sea as a ship's doctor. He then settled down in Romford as a general practitioner-surgeon. At the outbreak of war he was rejected for military service because o

Born in 1903, Robert Kenney was educated at Dalhousie University and the London Hospital. After house appointments at the Royal Sussex County Hospital and Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, he worked for many years as surgeon to the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company. Thereafter he