Born on 25 October 1902 in Southampton, the third child of John Montgomery Beattie, a merchant trading in the Far East, and Ophelia Jane, née Hunt, 'JB' was educated at The Limes School Croydon, Westminster School, and Trinity College Cambridge. He entered St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1924 where he

John Mander, a former consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at York District Hospital, was born in Sheffield on 5 August 1924. His father, Thomas Goddard Mander, was a solicitor, and his mother, Edith Alice Ruth née Bland, a Montessori teacher. Her father had been a draper. John Mander was educa

Flora Bridge was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist serving the Southend area. She was born in Rochdale in 1906, where her father, John Hargreaves, was a commercial traveller selling flannel and clothing. Her mother, Flora, was a teacher. There were three children, Richard, Agnes and Flora,

Ian Jackson was a leading London obstetrician and gynaecologist. He was born on 11 November 1914 in Shanghai, where his father was a doctor. He was sent to England at a young age to commence his education. In due course he moved on to Marlborough, from which he won a scholarship to Trinity Hall, Cam

John Arthur Stallworthy was born on 26 July 1906 in New Zealand, the son of Arthur John Stallworthy, a newspaper proprietor who later became Minister of Health. His early education was at Auckland Grammar School and he entered Otago University where he took degrees in both law and medicine, qualifyi

Linton Snaith was born in 1909 at Eaglescliffe, Teeside. He qualified MB BS with honours at Durham in 1932 and gained that University's MS in 1936 and MD in 1940. Soon after gaining his Fellowship he decided to specialise in gynaecology. After a post in obstetrics at the North Middlesex Hospital he

Wynn-Williams was born on 10 August 1911 at Middlesbrough, the son of William, a general practitioner and his wife Jane Anderson, née Brymer. He was educated at Rossall School and King's College London, where he won the Hughes prize for anatomy and Chadwick prize for clinical surgery, before complet

Nigel Gardner was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Exeter. He was born in Aldridge, Staffordshire on 16 February 1933, to Hedley and Mathilde Gardner. After leaving school, Nigel studied medicine at Birmingham University and St Thomas' Hospital, London, qualifying in 1956. After pos

Wellege Hemachandra Fernando was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Born on 1 July 1958 in Pussellawa, Ceylon, he was the second child of Wellege Simon Fernando, a medical practitioner employed by the Ceylonese Department of Health and his wife Adeline Grace née Da Silva. He wa

Patrick Russell was born on 4 September 1907 in Trinidad, where his father Alexander David Russell was the first Puisne Judge. His mother's name was May Isabel McCallum. Educated at Rugby, he went to University College Hospital to study medicine, where he won the junior clinical surgery prize and th

Gordon Lionel Bourne was a consultant in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He was born on 3 June 1921 at Sudbury in Derbyshire, the second son of Thomas Holland Bourne, a farmer, and Lily Anne Bourne née Clewlow, a former Barts nurse. His primary scho

Harold Goodwin was born on 5 June 1910, the son of Barnet and Rebecca Goodwin. He studied medicine at University College and St Bartholomew’s. He served in the RAMC throughout the war and on demobilisation specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology, being registrar, RMO and subsequently senior regist