Born on 22 January 1865 at Duns, Berwickshire, third son of Robert Charles MacWatt, MD, who practised there, and Ann Logan, his wife. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and University, and commissioned surgeon in the Indian Medical Service on 1 October 1887. He served on the North-West Frontier an

Born on 28 September 1871, eldest child and only son of Hugh Ainsworth and his wife Mary Wright Joynson, he was educated at Owen's College and the Royal Infirmary, Manchester, qualifying in 1895 with first-class honours and serving as house physician; he was also assistant medical officer at the Mon

Educated at Cambridge and at St George's Hospital, where he was house physician and resident obstetric assistant after qualifying in 1923. He proceeded to his Cambridge degrees in 1926, and took the Fellowship in 1932. During the second world war he served with the rank of lieutenant-Colonel in t

Austin Bernard Dempsey was born at West Ham on 17 October 1911. He was educated at Stonyhurst, the London Hospital and St Thomas's Hospital and qualified MRCS LRCP in 1935. He was commissioned into the RAMC in October 1935 and appointed to a permanent commission in October 1941. Most of his servi

Thompson graduated in science at the University of Manchester in 1938, and qualified there in 1941. After house appointments at Manchester Royal Infirmary, he was senior surgical registrar at Crumpsall Hospital. Having qualified during the second world war, Thompson joined the RAMC and, subsequen

Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Cyril May, formerly medical director-general of the Royal Navy, was born in London on 12 June, 1897, the only child of Robert and Clara May. His father practised as a dental surgeon. After education at South Belgravia Preparatory School and Westminster School he served in th

Colonel John Talbot Dunn was director of medical services for the Australian Army. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 8 October 1927, the son of Talbot Lewis Dunn, a doctor, and Leonore Aroha Meyer. In 1954 he was working at the Royal Newcastle Hospital, New South Wales. He then went to

Francis Wilfred Peter Dixon was born in Australia and educated at Newman College and Melbourne University where he graduated in 1930. He joined the Royal Air Force Medical Service in the same year. After serving abroad in Iraq and Aden as medical officer to 33 and 101 Squadrons he was posted to Abin

Alec McMillan was born at Brierley Hill, Staffordshire on 14 August 1900. Little is known of his career until he was commissioned in the regular army in 1928. He served in India and China before crossing to France with the BEF in 1939. He was safely evacuated at Dunkirk and then returned overseas to

Born on 21 December 1858, he was educated at University College, London and took honours at the final MB examination in 1884. He took the Fellowship in 1885 and was gazetted Surgeon in the Indian Medical Service on the Bengal establishment on 1 October 1885. He was promoted Surgeon-Major in 1897, an

Born on 3 February 1870 second son of Surgeon-Major Augustus Frederick Turner of the 75th and 43rd Regiments of Foot and staff-surgeon, Army Medical Department (Johnston's *Roll of the AMS*, no 5158) and Isabel Archer his wife, he entered St George's Hospital Medical School with a scholarship in 188

Born at Marshalls, Ware, Hertford on 4 April 1874, he was educated at Westminster School and University College, London. On the outbreak of the South African war soon after he had qualified, he joined the Imperial Yeomanry as a trooper and was attached to the newly formed South African Constabulary.