George Harrison was born on 3 January 1920 in Leeds. His father, also George Harrison, was an engineer. He was educated at Cockburn High School in Leeds and Leeds University Medical School, where he was strongly influenced by Archie Derwood, won the anatomy prize and at first intended to be an anato

Maurice Sydney Beare was born in Cork on 14 April, probably in 1920, since he started school in 1925. He was the second son of Isaac William Beare, a draper, and Rosa Leah Sless, daughter of a rabbi. Both his parents were of Lithuanian Jewish origin who had emigrated to Ireland. He was educated at t

Charles Greenidge was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 28 December 1929, the third child and only son of Charles Woseley Greenidge, a jeweller, and Pauline Mary née O'Brien. He was educated at Wesley Hall Boys School, Combermere, and Harrison College, and studied medicine at the University College o

John Spencer was a reader in surgery at Hammersmith Hospital, London. He was born in Bedford on 17 July 1933, the son of Arthur George Victor Spencer, a soldier, and Nellie née Housden. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, whence he won a state scholarship to study medicine at Charing Cross Hos

Joseph Arthur Russell Johnson was born on 30 December 1913 and his early education was at King Edward VII School in Birmingham, where he was a foundation scholar. He entered Birmingham University for his medical studies, graduating in 1936 and subsequently serving as house officer in his teaching ho

Roland Maitland Alderton was born on 20 June 1902 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, son of David Simpson, a miller and corn merchant, and Margaret McLachlan, daughter of a clergyman. He was educated at Tonbridge School and the London Hospital, qualifying MRCS LRCP in 1930 and MB BS in 1931. After working as

Pamela Ball was a surgeon at Kidderminster General Hospital and at the West Midlands regional plastic surgery centre at Wordsley Hospital. She was born Pamela Margaret Moody on 28 November 1926 in Half Way Tree, a neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica. Her mother was Vera Holme Moody née Manley, sister

Edwin Robert Wheeler was a medical missionary in China, a professor of surgery at Shantung Christian University, Tsinan and superintendent of the University Hospital. He was born in 1878 in Preston, Sussex, the son of Robert Gidley Wheeler, a minister of the free church, and Rachel Wheeler née Rutty

Colin Clement Ware was a consultant general and vascular surgeon to the Southend-on-Sea Hospital Group, Essex, from 1971 to 1992. He was born in Barking, East London, on 16 July 1932. His father, Albert Ware, was an electrical engineer, and his mother, Annie Jelley, had been employed in the Post Off

John Missen was a consultant surgeon at Hackney Hospital and an assistant coroner in north London. He was born in Wigan on 25 August 1926. Almost immediately the family moved to Suffolk when his father, Leslie Robert Missen, was appointed chief education officer for East Suffolk. John’s mother, Muri

John Prince Hopewell, a consultant urological surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital, London, was a pioneer in the introduction of dialysis into the UK and the development of kidney transplantation. He was born on 1 December 1920, the fourth child and only son of Samuel Hopewell and Wilhelmina ('Daisy')

Heather Margaret Dukes was a general surgeon, paediatrician and general practitioner. She was born Heather Margaret Starkie in Hyde, Cheshire on 4 September 1942. Her father, Colin Starkie, was medical officer of health for Kidderminster; her mother was Margaret Joyce Starkie née Wrigley. She was ed