Ralph Coyte, or "Dan" as he was generally known to his friends, was born on 3 May 1893 and went to Bart's for his medical studies, and while there distinguished himself on the rugger field. Early in the first world war he served in the Royal Navy as a Surgeon Probationer, being discharged later to c

Born in 1882, the daughter of James Lewis, Lieutenant, Royal Navy and Emily Catherine Wooldridge, in her late 20's she gave up a successful teaching career in music to take up the study of medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women, qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1917 and graduatin

Eric Miles Atkinson was born in London on 28 April 1895 and was educated at Epsom College. He entered St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1912 but his medical studies were interrupted by the outbreak of war in 1914 when he served as a motorcycle despatch rider with the British Expeditionary Force in France

Born at Bolton, Lancashire, on 12 May 1894, fourth child and eldest son of John Edward Panton, MD, MRCS, in practice there, and Emma Louisa Allison, his wife. He was educated at Ilminster Grammar School, Somerset, and Bolton Church Institute, at the Victoria University of Manchester, where he gradua

Rupert Corbett was born on 11 February 1893 in Rondebosch, South Africa, and he received his early education at the Diocesan College in Cape Town before entering Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge. He completed his medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital and qualified with the Conjoint

Simeon Cyril Shaw was born in Horsham on 11 March 1893 and after early education at Reigate Grammar School entered Middlesex Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1917. He served in the Royal Navy during the first world war and after demobilisation returned to the Middlesex to work in the Bland-Sut

Keen was born on 4 July 1894 and qualified from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School during the first world war, and served as a medical officer in East Africa. After the war he obtained the FRCS, and practised as an ENT surgeon in Leicester for over fifteen years. He then diverted his career to an

Sidney Limbrey Higgs was the son of a solicitor and was born in London on 12 September, 1892. From Whitgift School he went to St John's College, Cambridge, where he rowed in the Lady Margaret's first boat winning his oar. While a student at St Bartholomew's Hospital in August 1914, he served with a

Born in 1892 at Queenstown, Eastern Province, South Africa, he was educated at Rhodes University College, Grahamstown, and at the King's College Hospital, London. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he enlisted in the London Rifle Volunteers and saw service in France as a combatant, with the rank of corp

Harold George Kirwan-Taylor was born on April 14, 1895. His father was chairman of a property company and his mother was the authoress and barrister, Mary Kirwan. He was educated at Epsom College, Trinity College, Cambridge, and St George's Hospital which he was to serve for most of his professional

Apollo Cokkinis was born at Odessa, Russia, of Greek parents, on 31 October 1895; his father John Cokkinis, was an operatic tenor and impresario. During his early life Cokkinis travelled widely with his father, and received his early education at the Canadian College in Smyrna. After college he deci

Douglas John Batterham was born on 18 November 1894, the son of John Williams Batterham, FRCS, of St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. He was educated at Aldenham School and Caius College, Cambridge, where he took the BA in 1915. He then went to St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he qualified with the Conjoint