George Arden was born in London in 1913, the last of the Ardens who claimed descent from before the Doomsday book. He qualified from University College Hospital where he did junior jobs and passed the FRCS. He then joined the RAFVR as a surgical specialist and was in charge of the surgical divisions

Colonel John Watts was the first joint professor of military surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal Army Medical College, a post he held from 1960 to 1964. Watts was born on 13 April 1913 at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, the only child of John Nixon Watts, a solicitor, and the Hono

Hugh Harley was born in Madura, India, on 27 November 1912. His father, Thomas William Harley, was a surgeon in the Indian Medical Service. His mother was Maisie née Wrixen. He was educated at Haddon Hall School, Ceylon, Belmont School, Ventnor, on the Isle of Wight, and then at Highgate School. He

Alan Wardle Bone was born on 17 April 1910, and educated at Felsted School, Essex, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He received his medical training at the London Hospital qualifying in 1936. He then decided to take up surgery and held a number of resident posts at the London Hospital a

Gordon France was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Lewisham Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup. He was born in Heckmondwike, west Yorkshire, on 12 July 1912. His father was a cabinet maker and joiner, and his mother, Harriet Alice née Firth, a dressmaker. From Heckmondwike Grammar School,

Laughton Leask was born on 15 October 1912, the eldest son of William Laughton Rennie, an architect, and Anne Elizabeth Mabel, née Beaton. He went to preparatory school in Hong Kong, thence to Edinburgh Academy and later to Highgate, before going to St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1930 where he won the

Francis Doran, commonly known as 'Mike', was a colourful character whose enthusiasm for blood sports in the hunting field competed with his devotion to the surgical care of his patients and with his intellectual exercises in the literary sphere. He was born in 1911, the only son of a Manchester dent

Richard Chignell came from a medical family and he was born on 25 April 1911 in Wing, Buckinghamshire, where his father was in general practice. He was at school at Bedford and received his medical training at the London Hospital where he qualified in 1936. Later he embarked on his career in otorhin

Sholem Glaser was a general surgeon at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Born on 12 May 1912 in Cape Town, the son of Hessel Glaser, a fruit-grower, and Sonia née Zuckerman, he was educated at the South African College School and the University of Cape Town, where he followed his cousin Solly Zucke

Douglas Freebody was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Kingston Hospital. He was born in Woolwich, London, on 19 April 1911, the son of a successful tailor, and attended the City of London School, before entering Guy’s Hospital Medical School, which he represented at hockey and boxing. After quali

Kenneth Edgar Bond spent much of his career as a surgeon working in India. The son of Edward Vines Bond, the rector of Beddington, and Rose Edith née Bridges, the daughter of a landowner, he was born on 24 October 1908 and was educated at Mowden School, Brighton, and Haileybury College, before going

Eric Samuel held the Forbes Chair of Medical Radiology at the University of Edinburgh. He was born at Cym Llyn Fell, near Swansea, on 26 August 1914, the son of William Samuel, a mining engineer, and Miriam Jones. He was educated at Ystalyfera Grammar School and the University College of Cardiff, be