Phillip Foster was born in April 1885 and first lived in Timaru. He was educated in Hawera and later went to the Otago Boys' School. His medical education took place at Otago University where he qualified in 1909. Foster began his medical career at Christchurch Hospital, an association which was to

Born on 11 February 1883 the youngest son of Frederick Joseph Frankau, a barrister, Claude Frankau was educated at Rugby and St George's Hospital, to which he devoted his career. After qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1907 he held resident posts in the hospital. He took the Fellowship at the

Roland Arthur Hertslet Fulton was the son of a doctor, and was educated at Otago Boys' High School and the University of Otago Medical School where he graduated in 1914. In his final year as a medical student he won a travelling scholarship and came to England in 1914. On the outbreak of war he join

Arthur Latchmore qualified in 1929 and after junior posts in Leeds specialised in surgery. He was resident surgical officer at the General Infirmary Leeds, and surgical tutor in the University of Leeds. During the war he served in the RAMC as Lieutenant-Colonel. He returned to Leeds as consultant su

Stanley Copley trained at Guy's Hospital, where he was a house surgeon and resident obstetrician, after qualifying in 1894. During 1898 he was house surgeon at the Stamford and Rutland General Infirmary; took the Fellowship and the Cambridge Public Health Diploma in 1899. He then emigrated to South

Robert Dow Forbes was born in 1879 and graduated MD at McGill University in 1903. He obtained the MRCS in 1906 and the FRCS in 1907. He returned to Stratford, Ontario, and in 1909 moved to Seattle where he practised from 1909 to 1950, and served as consultant at the University of Washington Medical

Born on 17 May 1914 at Wilsden, Yorkshire, George William Vause Greig was educated at Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge, and graduated in medicine with honours at Leeds in 1937. He joined the RAMC in 1939 and served in the Norway campaign of 1940 and later in India and Burma, attaining the ran

Edward James Grieve was born in Allan's Flat, Victoria, Australia, on 9 July 1904, the third child and second son of Edward John Grieve, a headmaster and Anastasia, née Doolan, the daughter of a grazier. His brother is Professor B J Grieve, PhD, of Perth, Australia. Grieve gained a scholarship to

Robert Lord Holt was born near Oldham on 18 May 1903 and educated at William Hulme's Grammar School, and Manchester University, where he qualified with many distinctions. He held numerous resident appointments in Manchester and obtained his Fellowship in 1928. In 1931 he was Dickson Travelling Schol

Raymond Purvis was born in Southampton on 30 December 1904, the second child and younger son of a consultant surgeon, William Prior Purvis, MD, MS, FRCS, and of Dora Raymond, daughter of Walter Raymond, a Somerset author. His paternal grandfather and great grandfather were also medically qualified.

Frederick Charles Pybus was born on 2 November 1883 in Stockton-on-Tees and graduated in medicine from the Newcastle College of Medicine of Durham University in 1906. He was house surgeon to Rutherford Morison and in 1910 worked with Ernest Miles at the Gordon Hospital, London. He served in Mesopota

Balcombe Quick was born on 12 May 1883 in Dunedin, New Zealand. His father, William Hichens Quick (1850-1921) became a banker having emigrated to New Zealand in 1876, the fourth son of Dr James Quick of Penzance, Cornwall. Quick's mother, Lucia Emily Balcombe (1855-1942) was the daughter of Alexande