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 on 1 August 1886 second son of Tissington W G Tatlow of Drumrora, Co Cavan, Ireland, he was educated at Trinity College and the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, where he won the Hudson prize. He qualified in 1911, and served as house surgeon to Berkeley Moynihan at the General Infirmary, Leeds. He wa

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

Montague Leonard Hine, son of Alfred Leonard Hine (MRCS 1878), a general practitioner at Leytonstone, Essex, was born on 24 January 1883, and was educated at Rydal Mount School, Colwyn Bay, where he had a classical education. He took his medical training at the Middlesex Hospital, where he gained an

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

Carmen Russell Salsbury was born on 21 July, 1898, in the County of Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada. He was the youngest child of the two daughters and three sons of John Albert Salsbury, a farmer. He was educated in a one room country schoolhouse for four years and then graduated with honours

Arthur Cecil Barker Biggs was born in North London on 9 March 1885. His father, John Maundy Biggs, was a general practitioner and a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Florence Elizabeth Biggs, née Hopkinson, his mother, was the daughter of the originator of the Hopkinson piano. He w

Frederick James Theodore Foenander was born in Colombo on 22 September 1898, the only son of Dr F V Foenander, a provincial surgeon in the Department of Medical and Sanitary Services. He was educated at St Thomas's College, Colombo, and entered Ceylon Medical College in 1918. In 1921 he entered the

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 Shooter's Hill, Blackheath, SE, on 24 July 1877, the second son and second child of Colonel Joseph Sladen, RA, JP and DL for Kent and the Cinque Ports, and his wife Lady Sarah Lambart, daughter of the eighth Earl of Cavan. He was educated privately, at Ripple Court near Dover, and at the Lon

Alison George Selborne Bailey, known as 'Joe', was larger than life. He was born on 19 July 1915, the son of George Frederick Selborne Bailey, a general practitioner and Mabel Yardley Guard, a midwife. He was educated at Radley, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he spent much of his t

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