James McKenzie received his medical education at Aberdeen University. After National Service in the RAMC he specialised in ENT, training at Manchester Royal Infirmary and Wolverhampton. He became consultant ENT surgeon to Wolverhampton, Dudley and Worcester/Hereford Area Health Authorities. He publi

George Milner was born on 26 May 1922 in Kingston, Jamaica, where his father, Edgar Webb Milner, was an accountant. His mother was Ida Emerett née Dixon. Educated at Kingston College, he went on to the University of Aberdeen to study medicine. On graduating, he returned to Jamaica to be a casualt

Byomkes Mitra, known to all as 'Sona', was a former consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon at Crawley and Redhill Hospitals. He was born on 1 June 1931 into a landowning family in Suri, West Bengal. His father, Barunish Mitra, was a general practitioner and eye specialist who carried out ophthalmic

Born in Dunedin on 27 January 1924, Neil Little was educated at John McGlashan College and Otago Medical School, graduating in 1948. After house appointments in Otago and Invercargill and a registrarship in Dunedin, he proceeded to the United Kingdom. Here he studied and gained experience at Willesd

Percy Winston, the second child and only son of Joseph Winston, a furrier, was born in London on 5 February 1922. He was educated at the Grocers' Company Grammar School and then went to the London Hospital Medical College. He qualified in 1945 and took several resident appointments before entering t

Cecil Patrick Malley was surgeon to the Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, surgeon to the ENT Department of the St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children in Plaistow and consultant in aural surgery at Bushey Heath Hospital. He retired to Malaga and died there on 21 June 1981.

Donald Reid Wheeler was educated in Belfast, graduating in medicine in 1918. He undertook post-graduate study in London and Vienna, and obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1922, and the Membership and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1923.

Arthur George Wells was a student at University College London, and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1905, and took the MB BS London the following year. He became specially interested in otolaryngology, and held the post of senior assistant in the ENT department at Univesity College Hospital.

Nehemiah Asherson was born in South Africa in 1897, the son of Isaac Asherson and was educated initially at the University of Cape Town before coming to England in 1919, entering University College Hospital Medical School and qualifying in 1923 after gaining the Liston and Bruce Medal. He undertook

Huw Morus Jones was born at Abererch, Pwllheli, North Wales, on 8 September 1917, the eldest son of David Morris Jones, professor of philosophy and religion at University College, Aberystwyth, and Ester Ann, née Williams. His early education was at Swansea Grammar School and University College, Aber

Ronald Jowett was born in Halifax on 5 March 1901, the eldest child of James Edward Jowett, a musician, and Emma, née Hoyle. Educated at Heath School, Halifax, and Leeds University, he qualified in 1922 and gained his MD in 1923. Thereafter he pursued a career in ear, nose and throat surgery at Leed

Little is known about the life of Charles Alfred Keogh. He qualified in medicine from Queen's University, Belfast, the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and St Thomas's Hospital, London. He was appointed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olaf after his work as an ENT surgeon with the Norwe