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

William Harry Jayne Weston was born in Liverpool on 28 November 1903 and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby. After graduating in science in 1925 he spent nearly eight years as a schoolmaster at Pangbourne and Windsor. At the age of 30 he took up medicine and qualified at St George's Hospit

Robert Oliver Wheeler studied medicine at King's College, London and qualified MB BS in 1941. He passed the Conjoint Diploma in 1940 and the FRCS ten years later. He was surgical registrar to St Stephen's Hospital, London, and to Horton Hospital, Epsom, before becoming medical officer to Savernake H

Leo Lenaghan, the son of a farmer, was born in Creswick, Victoria, Australia, on 4 November 1930. He attended a primary school at Tourello, where the family had continuously farmed property since settling there in the early 1850's, and then St Patrick's College, Ballarat. He entered Melbourne Univer

Born in London 10 April 1878, the son of William Harrison Cripps FRCS. He was educated at Marlborough, Trinity College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Hospital where, after qualification, he held a house surgeon appointment. He never practised as a surgeon but was medical officer to the General A

Born at Larne, Co Antrim about 1880 the son of John Moore Killen MD, he was educated at Queen's College, Belfast and graduated in arts in the Royal University of Ireland, winning first-class honours and an exhibition; he proceeded to his medical degrees in 1903. After postgraduate study at the Londo

Harold Wilson Bruce was born in 1876 and trained at Guy's Hospital, where he qualified MB BS in 1897. He proceeded MD in 1899 and passed the FRCS in 1901. After holding a house appointment at Guy's he served in the Boer War and then went to India to join the team fighting plague in Bombay. On his re

Born at West Kirby, Cheshire on 1 August 1896 the fourth son of C T Wall of Liverpool he won a scholarship to Oundle School and scholarships in anatomy and physiology at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was awarded the Harvey and Foster prizes. Qualifying in the spring of 1918 while the first

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

Born at Whittlesey in 1869, the only son of John Waddelow, JP, an agriculturist, who was aged 75 at the time of his son's birth. He was educated privately at Cambridge and afterwards entered King's College Hospital, where he won the Tanner prize and prizes in forensic medicine, surgery, and obstetri

Born about 1870 he was educated at the University of Melbourne, qualified in 1892, and took the Fellowship in 1901. He practised at Bowral, New South Wales, where he was honorary medical officer to the Berrima District Hospital, and died there on 13 July 1953.

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