Maurice James Bennett-Jones was born in Liverpool on 30 November 1906, his father was William James Bennett-Jones, consultant anaesthetist to Liverpool Royal Infirmary and his mother was Dr Daly - a Doctor of Medicine and a JP. He was educated at Rossall School, Fleetwood, and Liverpool University w

Harold Rodgers was Professor of Surgery at Queen's University, Belfast. He was born in Buldana, near Bombay, India, the third child and second son of Thomas Rivers Rodgers, a medical officer and prison governor, and Elizabeth Idee née Brinkworth, whose father was a civil servant. As a boy he became

Born on 24 December 1906 in Tyrwaun, Ystalyfera, Swansea, David Lincoln Lewis was the son of William James Lewis, a medical practitioner, and Constance Mary Adeney, whose father owned Swaine and Adeney, the shop in Piccadilly. His younger brother, Ronald Swaine Lewis (qv this vol) was also FRCS. He

Muriel Sydney Hulke was born at Walmer, Kent on 17 August 1904. Her father Sydney Backhouse Hulke was a Fellow of the College and was in general practice. He was the nephew of John Whitaker Hulke who was President of the Royal College of Surgeons from 1893 to 1895. Her grandfather was also in the pr

James Jemson was born in Nateby, Lancashire, on 12 December 1900, the third child of John Jemson, a farmer, and Margaret, née Gorst. He was educated at Nateby School, Garstang, and at Kirkham Grammar School before entering Guy's Hospital Medical School. After qualifying in 1923 he was clinical assis

William Leslie qualified MB BS in 1927, having studied medicine at Guy's. He became a Fellow of the College in 1933. He was consultant surgeon to St Mary Abbot's Hospital, London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He died on 5 June 1982.

John Andrew Kerr was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 17 July 1903, the first of the four children of John William Kerr, a mineral water manufacturer. His mother Gertrude Adie was the daughter of a goldsmith and silversmith. He attended the George Dixon School in Birmingham and the Birmingham Unive

Karsoulal Kesharlal Dalal was practising in Bombay at the time of his death on 11 March 1962.

Colonel Dwarka Prasad Bhargava was professor of surgery at the Prince of Wales Medical College, Patna and Agra, India. He gained his FRCS in 1933. His son, Kamta, also became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Gordon Nuttall Bailey was born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, on 9 November 1905 the son of William Cooper Bailey, a company director and his wife, Esther, née Lomax. He was educated at Grosvenor House, Harrogate, Uppingham School, Clare College, Cambridge, and St Thomas's Hospital. He obtained MB

Niblock was born on 12 September 1907 at Canford Cliffs, Bournemouth, the son of Lt Col William James Niblock, IMS, sometime Professor of Surgery at Madras Medical College. He came of a distinguished family of medical men, whose names appear in the family tree for 200 years: among them were Sir Edwa

John Mortimer Leggate, known as Jack, was born at West Kirby on 7 April 1904, the son of a general practitioner, James Leggate, and his wife Elizabeth, née Thomas. He was educated at Liverpool College and the University of Liverpool where he became President of the Guild of Undergraduates. He gradua