Robert Coltart Harkness was born in Dumfries on 28 February 1887. He was educated at Laurieknone School and Dumfries Academy where he was dux on the modern side, sports champion and captain of soccer. He proceeded to Edinburgh University where he was Ettles Scholar, Buchanan Scholar and Houldsworth

George Gibson Lyttle was born at Belfast on 9 June 1885. Educated at the Methodist College, Queen's University, Belfast, and London University, he graduated MB BS London in 1909. He entered general practice in 1911 and during the first world war was in the RAMC from 1914 to 1917, serving in the Dard

Norman Armitage Sprott studied medicine at Oxford University, St Thomas's, the London Hospital and the Middlesex Hospital. His varied posts included medical officer to the Hyderabad State Railways, member of the medical board of Eton College and medical superintendent of St Columba's Hospital, Londo

Valentine Wilkinson was born in Streatham, Surrey, on 8 January 1892. His father, Sidney Henri, was a company director. His education started at Marlborough House School in Sidcup, and continued at Downside, until he entered Christ's College at Cambridge where he achieved 1st class honours in parts

John Joseph Walsh was educated at the National University of Ireland and graduated MB BCh BAO in 1921. He also studied at the London Hospital. In April 1922 he obtained the FRCS. Walsh was for a time the deputy medical superintendant and surgical officer of the Mayday Hospital, London, and took the

Daphne Mary Scott was a medical officer for Family Planning Association (FPA) clinics in Croydon, Westminster and Oxted. She was born in Ealing, London, on 2 April 1919, the elder daughter of Sir Harold Richard Scott, a civil servant, and Ethel Mary Scott née Golledge. Scott's father was in charge o

George Peirce received his medical education at St Mary's, St Bartholomew's and the London Hospitals, qualifying with the conjoint diploma and the London MB BS in 1926 and gained his Fellowship in 1934. After junior posts at St Mary's Hospital and the London Lock Hospital he spent the remainder of h

Born 21 February 1872 at Barnet, Hertfordshire, the second child and second son of Thomas Douglas, civil engineer, and Isabella McLaren his wife. He was educated at Dulwich College and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon, resident midwifery assistant, and demonstrator of anat

Born 15 September 1867 at Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia, third child and second son of Samuel Scrase, a railroad engineer, and Martha Sheat, his wife. His parents came back to England while he was still an infant. He was educated at Bristol, and indentured to Mr Chandler, his future father-in-law

Rudolph Wiener was born on 18 February 1901 at Capetown, South Africa, the son of Frederick Kilgour Wiener, a company director; his mother, Dorothea Jourdan, was the daughter of a predikant in the Dutch Reformed Church, and he was the third son of a family of seven. Wiener was educated at Rondebo

Catherine Norah Dennis trained in Aberdeen and Madras. In the 1960's she worked for the Ministry of Health in Savile Row and moved to the Elephant and Castle when the Ministry became the Department of Health and Social Security. She retired to Truro in Cornwall and her solicitors informed the Colleg

Peter Simpson was the regional medical officer in Mersey, among other roles. He was born and brought up in south west London, the son of John Simpson, a civil servant, and Alice Berwick Simpson née Daniels. He attended Colet Court (where he was head boy) and was a scholar and prefect at St Paul’s Sc