Born 14 August 1878, eldest child of Geoffrey Hett, and Mary Scott his wife. His father, who was MD Edinburgh 1871 and MRCS 1865, practised at 1 Ledbury Road, Bayswater, London, W, and was an Associate of King's College. He was educated at St Paul's School, at University College and University Colle

Sydney Scott was born in Shrewsbury on 1 June, 1875. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and immediately after qualifying with the Conjoint Board Diploma in 1899 joined up as a civil surgeon in the South African Field Force, and was awarded the Queen's Medal with three clasps. When the

Alfred Geddes Tresidder was born on 15 December 1881 and was educated at Falmouth Grammar School and the London Hospital, where he qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1906, and graduated MB BS London in 1907. He then worked for a time in general practice and entered the Indian Medical Service in

Frank Cunliffe Ormerod was born in Lancashire on 23 August 1894, and was educated at Manchester Grammar School and the University of Manchester where he had a distinguished career, winning the Dreschfeld and Dauntesey Scholarships, and graduated in medicine in 1916. He also passed the final Conjoint

Kenneth Greer Malcomson was born in Belfast on 13 March 1919, and educated at Bootham School, York and Queen's University, Belfast where he graduated in medicine with honours in 1943. As an undergraduate he had won the Symington Medal and first class honours in anatomy, and during his clinical studi

Tom Wilson, as he was known to his many friends, was born in Belfast and was educated at Mountjoy School, and Trinity College, Dublin. He qualified in 1923 MB BCh BAO Dublin. He played rugby football at Trinity and subsequently for several years in first-class club matches. At first he turned to

George Swinburne was born on 3 February 1907, second of the three children of G A Swinburne, at Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, and was educated at Melbourne High School and University, where he graduated in medicine in 1930 from Ormond College, winning several scholarships. Swinburne was a keen at

Ross Smith came from the Ashburton district of New Zealand, and from St Andrew's College went to Otago University where he graduated MB, ChB in 1945 and as a student won a university blue for rugby football. During his resident year at Christchurch Hospital he married Biddy MacDougall, and in 1946 c

Dennis Owen Clark was born at Kawimbe, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), on 18 August, 1907. His father was a missionary. He was educated at Eltham College, where he obtained exemption from the first MB and an entrance scholarship to St Thomas's Hospital when he won the Hadden Toller Prize. He graduated i

Charles Peter Mills was born in Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire and studied medicine at Guy's Hospital for which he also played rugby. After graduating with honours at London University in 1948 he held house appointments at Guy's and, after a period of national service in the RAF obtained the FRCS

Chapple Gill-Carey was born in 1896 at Hawera, New Zealand, the son of a farmer from Lancashire, his maternal grandfather being a physician at Wanganui. After attending Wanganui Collegiate School, he went to Guy's Hospital in 1913 and passed the Conjoint Diploma in May 1918. He immediately joined th

Alfred Stuart Howard Walford, the only child of Howard Joseph Walford, a stockbroker, and his wife, Lucy, was born in London on 22 November 1899. After education at Clifton College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, he went on to St Thomas's Hospital where he qualified in 1923. During casual