Born in London on 9 June 1861, the sixth child and fourth son of John Henry Spreat, jeweller, and Harriet Jones, his wife. He was educated at Aldenham School until he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital. He acted for a time as resident medical officer at the Metropolitan Hospital before settling at Fi

Born on 22 October 1870 at Teddington, the eldest son of Charles Wareham, railway inspector, and his wife, *née* Barrett. He was educated privately and at the London and Charing Cross Hospitals; he served at the latter as house physician and assistant demonstrator of anatomy. He was then registrar a

John Ernest Price Watts of Buckhurst Hill, Essex, passed the Conjoint Examination in 1911, and in 1913 the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He worked at the Westminster, King's College London, and St Bartholomew's Hospitals. He was medical officer and later consultant surgeon

Alfred Charles Fisher was born on 26 June 1905 in Lurgan, Co Armagh. Both his father and uncle were physicians. When five months old he went with his parents to Northern Rhodesia; en route he was carried over the girders of the uncompleted Victoria Falls bridge before the roadway was put on. He was

Sydney Vernon Humphries, the eldest child of Sydney William Humphries, a bank manager, and Violet Humphries (née Kirkman), was born on 24 January 1907 at Middelburg, Cape Province, South Africa. He was educated at Michaelhouse, Natal, and Pembroke College, Cambridge, before entering St Thomas's Hosp

The following was published in volume 1 of Plarr's Lives of the Fellows First practised at Clifton, Bristol, and towards the end of his life at Harewood, Narboro Road, Leicester. He died in 1909. The following was published in volume 4 of Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Born about 1883 he was

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

Douglas Compton Taylor was educated at University College, London, and qualified from University College Hospital in 1906 with the Conjoint Diploma and the London MB, BS. He was house surgeon and casualty officer at University College Hospital, and took the FRCS in 1913. During the first world wa

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

Born at Forest Gate on 2 September 1866, the youngest son of Benjamin Warner, silk manufacturer, and his wife, *née* Branscombe. He was educated at Worthing and at King's College, London, where he took honours in the MB examination 1894, and subsequently became an Associate of King's College. He ser

Bayley was born on 22 January 1878, the son of Edward Hodson Bayley, who was a wheelwright and later became MP for North Camberwell. He was educated at University College School, where he took an active part in all school plays in French, German and English, and was captain of rugby and cricket. He

William Bruce Norris Bomford, known as 'Bruce', was chief medical officer of British Petroleum. He was born in Salford Priors, near Evesham, Worcestershire on 7 February 1919. His father, Benjamin Norris Bomford, was a farmer and market gardener; his mother, Elsie Bomford née Fisher, was the daughte