Born about 1892, Gill graduated in science at Manchester and studied medicine at Aberdeen, qualifying in 1906, with first class honours in medicine and surgery. After clinical training at the London and St Bartholomew's Hospitals, he was senior house surgeon first at Leicester Royal Infirmary and th

Charles John Gordon was born on 24 June 1910, in Angmering, Sussex. He came of a long line of clerical forbears, several of whom were bishops in Lincoln. His father was the Reverend George Gordon, who was Vicar of Angmering. His mother, Eileen Hutton, came of an army family. He was the only son and

Gottlieb graduated from the University of Witwatersrand in 1934 and practised in Johannesburg. After the second world war he came to Britain for postgraduate study, and took the Edinburgh and English Fellowship. Returning to South Africa he practised successfully as a surgical consultant at 904 Harl

George Clifford Jennings graduated in New Zealand and during the second world war he served as a regimental medical officer in the Western Desert. At Sidi Rezegh he was blown up by a land mine and was captured and transferred to Italy where he spent a very difficult time as a prisoner of war till he

Henry Ralph Johnson, generally known as Harry, was born on 18 October 1930, the son of a senior officer in the Victoria Public Service, and was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and Trinity College, obtaining the degrees of BSc in 1951 and MB BS of Melbourne University in 1954. He then held a ser

Born on 2 October 1898 he was gazetted as a Lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service on 20 May 1925, and was promoted Captain in 1928 and ultimately Lieutenant-Colonel. He served on the staff of King George's Medical College, Lucknow, and afterwards at Delhi. He died in October 1955.

Born in 1883 the son of Dr Stephen Nockolds of Cowes, Isle of Wight, a fact that explained his lifelong enthusiasm for yachting, he was educated at Dover College, Blundell's School, Tiverton, University College, London and University College Hospital. After qualifying in 1907, he was appointed house

Born on 22 November 1885 at Leicester, the son of Samuel Bilson Noon, solicitor, he was educated at Blair Lodge, Stirling, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon to Sir Holburt Waring and Sir Charles Gordon-Watson, and as chief assistant in the gynaecology department unde

Born on 3 December 1874, he qualified from the London Hospital and joined the Indian Medical Service in 1898, being promoted Captain in 1901, Major in 1910, and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1918. He retired on 21 November 1927, having occupied the position of Professor of Surgery at the Grant Medical Colle

Born on 28 December 1876 third of the four sons of William Henry Rothery Nutt, an official of the Bank of England, and his wife née Bloxam, he was educated at Bedford Modern School and St Mary's Hospital, where he was house surgeon, assistant demonstrator of physiology, and clinical assistant and de

Born on 4 March 1864 the fifth son of the Rev J W Lace, vicar of Pill, near Bristol, and his wife Georgina Douglas Agg, he was educated at St Andrew's school, Chardstock, Dorset and at the Bristol medical school and Royal Infirmary. He served as prosector and junior demonstrator of anatomy at Univer

Born in 1907 and educated at the Otago Boys' High School he entered the Medical School of Otago University in 1925, qualifying in 1930. After two years as house surgeon at Christchurch Hospital he proceeded to England, and after house appointments at Manor House, St Bartholomew's and Guy's Hospitals