Albert Davis was an obstetrician and pioneering neuro-gynaecologist. He born on 4 January 1904 into a Jewish family in Manchester, where he studied medicine and became resident at the Manchester Royal Infirmary to Sir Harry Platt and Sir Geoffrey Jefferson, who greatly influenced him. He soon de

Sir Rustam Moolan Feroze, known as 'Mole', was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at King's College Hospital, Queen Charlotte's and the Chelsea Hospital for Women, and was a former president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He was the son of Jehangir and Diana Feroz

Victor Tindall was professor of obstetrics and gynaecology in Manchester. He was awarded a scholarship to Wallasey Grammar School, where, as well as his academic achievements, he was a dazzling athlete and rugby player. In track events he won the 100-, 200-, 400- and 800-yard records, together with

David Booth was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in East Surrey, Cuckfield and Crawley. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1960. He gained his FRCS in 1967. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a senior registrar at the Woolwich group of hospitals

Born in Edinburgh on March 16th, 1873, of a family originally from Dumfriesshire and the district of Sanquhar and Wanlockhead. After attending the City of London School and University College, he entered the London Hospital in 1892, where he was a sprinter and Rugby football player. He held the appo

George Bancroft-Livingston was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage. He was born in Ross, California, on 13 October 1920, one of two children of Henry Livingston, a diplomat, and Barbara née Bancroft. He was educated at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, from th

Eleanor Mary Mills was a consultant gynaecologist at North Manchester General Hospital and Stretford Memorial Hospital, Manchester. She was born in Royton, Lancashire, the only child of Joseph Mills, a cotton mill manager and director, and Ada Eleanor Mills née Wood, the daughter of an engineer. She

Kenneth Raymond Stanley Pool was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone, Buckland Hospital, Dover, and William Harvey Hospital, Ashford. He studied medicine at King's College Hospital Medical School and qualified in 1952. He gained his FRCS in 1958. P

Clifford Alan Simmons was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in London, with appointments at the Royal Marsden and Mount Vernon hospitals. The son of a journalist, who edited the trade newspaper *Toy News*, Simmons qualified from Oxford in 1942. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and volunteered

David Bower was a consultant gynaecologist and obstetrician at St Stephen's Hospital, Chelsea, later amalgamated into Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He was born on 1 July 1929 in northwest London, the eldest son of Bartlett St George Bower, a successful lawyer, and Vera Bower née Luson. He went t

Rees Lloyd-Jones was a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Middlesex Hospital, London. He was born in Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, north Wales, the only child of Griffith and Marie Lloyd Jones; his father was a farmer and garage owner. They were Welsh speaking and strict Methodists, which

Charles Horner Greer Macafee, a son of the manse, was born at Omagh, County Tyrone, on 23 July 1898 and educated at Omagh Academy and Foyle College, Londonderry. In 1916 he entered the faculty of medicine in the Queen's University, Belfast, where he graduated in 1921, MB BCh BAO. In 1927 he became a