Born at Clapton, Middlesex, on 30 August 1856, the second child and eldest son of the four boys and four girls born to Charles Alfred Ballance (d 1873), of Taunton, where he had been in business as a government contractor for timber, and his wife Caroline Hendebrouck Pollard. Sir Hamilton Ashley Bal

Peter Charles Leeson was a consultant ENT surgeon at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Kent. He was born on 1 October 1920 and studied medicine at Guy's Hospital Medical School, qualifying MB BS in 1945. He gained his FRCS in 1956 and his diploma in laryngology and otology (DLO) in 1958. He trained at th

Victor Lobo was a consultant ENT surgeon in the Maidstone and Medway areas of Kent. He was educated at St George's College, Weybridge, and then studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital Medical School. Victor Lobo died on 2 November 2008. He was survived by his wife Barbara, two children, Louise and

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

Gavin Hamilton Livingstone was born at Paisley on 22 December 1904 where his father was in general practice. He was the third child in the family, and his elder brother and sister both became members of the medical profession. His brother, Dr James L Livingstone, was a consultant physician at King's

Sydney Scott was born in Shrewsbury on 1 June, 1875. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and immediately after qualifying with the Conjoint Board Diploma in 1899 joined up as a civil surgeon in the South African Field Force, and was awarded the Queen's Medal with three clasps. When the

George Swinburne was born on 3 February 1907, second of the three children of G A Swinburne, at Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, and was educated at Melbourne High School and University, where he graduated in medicine in 1930 from Ormond College, winning several scholarships. Swinburne was a keen at

Edith Whetnall was born at Hull in 1910, and trained at King's College Hospital where she graduated in 1938, taking the Conjoint Diploma in 1939, the Fellowship in 1940, and the London MS degree in 1944. She became interested in ear surgery while working at the branches of King's College Hospital at

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.

Born on 25 June 1904 at Johannesburg, South Africa, second son of John James Passe, an engineer, and Eleanor Jane Price his wife, his parents moved to Australia while he was a child, and he was educated at Melbourne High School and graduated in dentistry at Melbourne University in April 1926. Passe

Charles Peter Mills was born in Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire and studied medicine at Guy's Hospital for which he also played rugby. After graduating with honours at London University in 1948 he held house appointments at Guy's and, after a period of national service in the RAF obtained the FRCS