Born 8 August 1868, the eldest child of Peter O'Malley, farmer, of Kilmilkin, Maam, Co Galway, and his wife Mary O'Malley, born in the same clan as her husband. Three other sons of Peter O'Malley also achieved distinction in medicine. He was educated at Galway Grammar School, at Queen's College (now

Born in London in 1875 the son of Richard Barwell FRCS, surgeon to Charing Cross Hospital, and Mary Diana Shuttleworth his wife, he was educated at Temple Grove and Westminster School, where he was Bishop Williams exhibitioner, and at St George's, where he held resident posts. Deciding to specialise

Born on 25 January 1876, son of S L Horsford, of St Kitt's, West Indies, he was educated at Bedford Modern School and Edinburgh University, taking his MD with honours in 1902. A year later he took the English Fellowship after serving as a clinical assistant at the Throat Hospital in Golden Square. H

Born at Prestwich, son of J E Howarth and twin brother of (Sir) Edgar Goldie Howarth KBE, CB, he was educated at Shrewsbury, King's College, Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital. After house appointments, when he was house surgeon to Sir George Makins and W H Battle, he spent considerable time in post

Born in Wolverhampton of Irish parents he graduated at University College, Dublin with first-class honours, and specialised in ear nose and throat surgery. He became senior ear nose and throat surgeon to the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth and to several other hospitals in London. After service

William Mervyn Owen was a consultant ENT surgeon who worked in Liverpool. He was brought up in Caernarfon, Wales, and studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying with the conjoint diploma in 1937 and the MB BS in 1938. During the Second World War he served in the RAMC and in

Born on 12 August 1880 he was educated at University College, London, where he was Bucknill Scholar, and at University College Hospital where he gained the Atkinson Morley surgery scholarship and was house surgeon, demonstrator of anatomy and lecturer on surgical anatomy. During the war of 1914-1

Born at Heywood, Lancashire on 19 May 1886, third son of James Diggle, consulting water engineer, and Rachel Alice Holt, his wife. He was educated at Rossall School and Manchester University, and studied medicine at St Bartholomew's and the London Hospital. He won medals in anatomy and gynaecology,

Born in Williamstown, Victoria in 1872, the son of George Jenkins, civil engineer, and his wife, Isabella Jenkins née Hall. He was educated in Melbourne until 1891, when he entered the University of Edinburgh, and graduated MB CM in 1895. Coming to London he attached himself to King's College, where

Anthony Edward Howarth ('Tony') was a consultant ENT surgeon at St Nicholas' Hospital, Plumstead, the Erith Hospital, Brook General Hospital, Bromley Hospital, Beckenham Hospital and Sydenham Children's Hospital, which he always regarded as his base. He was also an audiologist to the London County C

Born on 23 March 1873, the second son of Charles Percy West of Ambleside, a cotton broker, and Catherine Camidge, his wife. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, and at Balliol College, Oxford, which he entered with a classical scholarship in 1891. He took a first class in classical m

Born at Barton-upon-Irwell, 19 June 1867, the son of George Hibbert Westmacott, wholesale chemist, and Rosena Berry, his wife. He was educated at the Grammar School, at the University, and at the Royal Infirmary, Manchester. As soon as he had qualified he went to Burma in the capacity of surgeon to