Harry Kidd was born 20 February 1904, the son of H A Kidd, CBE (a doctor) and grandson of H A Kidd, MD. He went to school at Epsom College and then to St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, qualifying in 1927. After a resident appointment in ENT and a term as senior obstetric officer he joined the municipa

Reginald Alfred King was born in Leicester on 22 June 1901. He was educated at Alderman Newton's (Greencoat) Grammar School, Leicester, St Mary's Hospital Medical School and London University. He qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1927 and MB BS London in 1929. He had a successful career at St Mary's Hospital

George Dorling was born in 1905 in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, the son of Arthur Whayman Dorling, secretary to the Congregational Church Building Society, and his wife Jane Elizabeth, née Passfield. He was at school in Loughton before entering the London Hospital Medical School where he was awarded th

Bangalore Sundaravadanan qualified in medicine from Madras University in 1926. The following year he came to England and worked at the London Hospital while studying for the Conjoint diploma. He obtained the Fellowship in 1931 and returned to India, where he became honorary surgeon to the Government

William Elphinstone Underwood was born in Birmingham on 20 October 1903, the son of Dr Arthur Underwood MRCS, a general practitioner, and his wife, Phyllis Maud (née Fairclough). His father was a descendant of Dr Michael Underwood, physician to Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. His early edu

Frank Forty received his medical education at University College Hospital Medical School whence he qualified with the conjoint diploma in 1927. He gained the London MB BS in the following year, and passed the Fellowship examination in 1929. Thereafter he held junior posts at University College Hospi

George Spencer Ferraby, the son of Dr George Arthur Ferraby, a general practitioner, and of Gertrude Sommers (née Ansell) was born in Nottingham on 29 June 1904. Both his grandfathers were doctors as was his sister and a number of other individuals on each side of the family. After education at Nott

Reginald Eric Norrish was born on 15 April 1900. He qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1927 at St Bartholomew's Hospital after a previous qualification in pharmacy and was a demonstrator in the anatomy department. He passed the FRCS in 1929 and joined the staff of the Royal Northern Hospital and

Stanley Russell was a consultant surgeon in Orpington and Sevenoaks, Kent. He was born in Forest Hill, London, on 11 December 1903. His father, Charles Neville Russell, was a chartered accountant who founded the celebrated firm of C Neville Russell and Company. His mother was Mabell Annie Farrant. H

Born at Morriston, Glamorgan on 27 July 1901, only child of C G Dahne a general practitioner at Portardawe, Glamorgan, and Mabel Louise Thomas his wife, daughter of a Swansea dental surgeon. C G Dahne, whose father was a Danish metallurgist naturalised in Great Britain, was surgeon to the factories

Born on 16 November 1903, Max Ernst studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he completed house jobs and then spent a period at sea as a ship's doctor. He then settled down in Romford as a general practitioner-surgeon. At the outbreak of war he was rejected for military service because o

Mahapitiyage Peiris was born in Panadura, Ceylon, on 28 July 1898, the son of M A Peiris, a merchant, and was educated at St John's School, Panadura, and St Joseph's College, Colombo, before entering Ceylon Medical College qualifying in 1926.After graduation and junior hospital posts he was appointe