Howard Jayne was a senior consultant general surgeon at St Stephen's and St Mary Abbott's hospitals, London, and a senior surgical tutor at the Westminster Hospital Medical School. He studied medicine at King's College, London, and then Westminster, where he was a keen cricketer. He was an excellen

Arthur Rushforth was born in Islington, London, on 10 February 1917, the son of Frederick William Rushforth, a fine art publisher, and Annabella Henry née Riddoch. Qualifying from Guy's Hospital, he completed his house jobs and specialised in orthopaedics as a registrar to the Emergency Medical Serv

Edmond Nicoll came from a long line of doctors and was the fourth generation of his family to train at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He qualified in 1940 and became house surgeon to Reginald Vick at Friern Barnet Hospital. He then joined the RAMC and served in the Middle East as a Regimental Medical Of

Bertram Scott received his medical training at St Thomas's Hospital where he qualified in 1940 before serving in the Royal Air Force. It was during this period that he developed his interest in plastic surgery and the treatment of burns. After the war, in 1950, he was appointed as the first senior r

Peter Smith was born in London on 14 September 1916, the son and grandson of a general practitioner. His father was Dr Frederick William Weekes Smith and his mother, a bank clerk, was Elise Marie, née Schuckmann. He was educated at Epsom College and at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School. Qualifying

Muriel Crouch was a consultant surgeon at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, the South London Hospital for Women and Children and Mount Vernon Hospital. She was one of the early female surgeons whose faith as a committed Christian pervaded all that she did. Born in 1914 into a Christian ho

Kenneth Whittle Martin, known as 'Poppy' to his family, was a general surgeon in Worthing with an interest in urology. He came from a long line of doctors dating back to at least 1774. He was born on 18 July 1917 in Singapore, the son of William Whittle Martin, an army ENT surgeon, and his wife Kati

Michael Salz was an orthopaedic surgeon in Plymouth. He was born in Breslau, Germany, the only child of an eminent lawyer. He was sent to St John’s College, Cambridge, in 1935, and the family moved to England in 1938. From Cambridge Michael went to the Middlesex Hospital for his clinical studies, an

Bernard Price was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on 27 January 1913, and studied medicine at Cambridge University and King's College Hospital, where he qualified in 1938. During the second world war he served in the RAMC and was awarded the MBE. On demobilisation he resumed his surgical training at the

John Hicks was born in Bristol on 1 February 1915, the son of William Herbert Hicks, a printer's manager, and his wife Norah Gertrude, née Lane. He studied medicine at Birmingham University, obtained his Fellowship in 1942 and served as a ship's surgeon in the Merchant Navy between 1942 and 1946.

Personal charm and a laid back imperturbability, allied to unquestionable surgical competence enabled David Bain to build a busy and well-respected practice in Windsor and Eton, including both the Castle and the College. He was born in London on 30 June 1915, the son of a consultant civil engineer,

Michael George Allen was born in Cairo on 9 October 1915, the son of Arthur Baylis Allen. After early education at Merchant Taylors' School he entered St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1940. His early house appointments were at St Thomas's Hospital. During the second world war he jo