Little is known of Abani Mohan Chaudhuri except that he served as a Colonel in the IMS and was survived by his wife when he died on 19 May 1978.

John Basil Hume was born in Whitby on 29 September 1893, and was educated at Bootham School, York. In 1911 he came to St Bartholomew's and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1916. After a house appointment he joined the RAMC and served in East Africa for the rest of the first world war, gaining

Ambrose Edgar Woodall was born in Eccles, Lancashire on 24 April 1885, the second son of the Reverend Samuel Russell Woodall, a Primitive Methodist minister. He was educated at Manchester Central High School and having won a science scholarship from Lancashire County Council, he became a student of

Neal Hamilton Masters was a general surgeon who lived and worked in Johannesburg, South Africa. He gained his FRCS in 1970. He died on 5 July 2013.

John Candy was born at Newport, Monmouthshire, on 8 January 1924, the son of Thomas Ignatius Candy, MD Belfast, a consulting radiologist. His paternal uncle was a general practitioner in Edinburgh. He was educated at Dolgelly Grammar School and Guy's Hospital Medical School which he entered in 1941.

Born on 3 March 1907 in Dundee, Angus, Walter Campbell was the son of Henry Gordon Campbell LRCP, LRCS, LDS, RCS Ed, the first Professor of Dental Surgery in University College, St Andrews University. His grandfather, Walter Campbell, obtained the LDS England in 1861, the second year of the establis

Born on 29 November 1906 in Rome, Aldo was the first child of Alfredo Calo, MD and Ida, nee Ottlenghi. He obtained the 'Maturità' Classica', equivalent to a BA degree, from the Liceo Ginnasio Ennio Quirino Visconti in Rome before qualifying MD from the Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, R Università d

Harold William Wookey was born in Mandeville, Jamaica on 29 April, 1889. He was the son of Charles Arthur Wookey, a clergyman. He studied at Toronto University Medical School where he won a silver medal in 1913, the year in which he qualified. He held appointments at the Toronto General Hospital. Du

Archie Murrell Acheson Moore, known as Dintie, was born in Pretoria on 14 August 1904 and underwent his early education in South Africa. He came to London with his family at the age of seventeen but within a year his father had died, leaving the family with very little money. He entered the London H

Arthur Dickson 'Dicky' Wright was born in Dublin on 5 May 1897, the third child of an Irish doctor who moved to Glasgow and then to London. His father, Edward Wright, was known as 'the hero doctor of Paddington'. He went to school at Hillhead High in Glasgow and then Latymer Upper at Hammersmith bef

Peter Wright, as he was known all over the world, was one of the kindest and gentlest members of his profession. Born on 3 June 1892, he qualified at University College Hospital in 1915 and proceeded to the FRCS in 1920 and MS London in 1921. As an extremely young medical officer he served in France

Robert Brash Wright was born on 1 March 1915, the second son of Dr Hugh P Wright. He was educated at Hamilton Academy and the University of Glasgow and early showed the ability which was to distinguish him later by gaining many prizes and awards. He took the BSc in 1934 and qualified MB ChB with hon