Richard Sears ('Dick') was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Nottingham. He was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on 19 March 1924, the son of Herbert Sears, a corn merchant, and his wife Evelyn Ruth Sears née Tankard, a housewife. He was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School and at Epsom Colle

He was born in London on 29 August 1896 son of Henry John Jeaffreson, insurance broker, and his wife née Gregory. The Jeaffresons came from Framlingham, Suffolk, and there had been several well-known surgeons in the family; William Jeaffreson FRCS (1844) performed the first successful ovariotomy in

Leonard Barron was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Newcastle. He was born in Whitechapel, London. His father, Lazar ('Louis') Barronovitch, was a tailor specialising in women's clothes and worked in the East End. He adopted the name of 'Barron', later formalising this by Deed Poll. Le

Born at Lichfield, he was educated at Mason College and the Birmingham Medical School. He went to South Africa immediately after qualifying in 1899, to serve in the RAMC during the war. He came home to take the Fellowship in 1903, but returned to practise at Uitenhage, where he married in 1909 Grace

Calvert Gwillim was born on 26 October 1899 in Ceylon. After spending his childhood on that island he was educated first at Swansea and later at St Bartholomew's Hospital, from where he qualified in 1921. He first became a house surgeon at Leicester Royal Infirmary where he gained considerable exper

Born on 27 July 1887 son of Joseph Henry Robinson and Caroline Sandford he was educated privately in Southport and at Liverpool University. His clinical training took place at University College Hospital. During the war of 1914-18 he served as an acting Major and surgical specialist in the RAMC w

Born on 26 August 1898 son of A W Roques FRIBA he was educated at Highgate School. In 1916 he joined the Army and served in France as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Brigade, Royal Artillery. After the war he went to Clare College, Cambridge and in 1921 entered Middlesex Hospital where he won prizes and sch

Born on 13 May 1887, Andrew Carey McAllister entered the medical department of King's College, London, in 1905. He qualified with the Conjoint diploma in 1912, held house appointments at King's College Hospital, and became obstetric registrar in 1914. When war broke out he obtained a commission in t

Born in 1889 the eldest son of S W McCullagh of Belfast, he was educated at the Methodist College and Queen's University. On the outbreak of war he joined the RAMC and served throughout in France, winning the MC at the beginning and the DSO at the end of the war and being five times mentioned in dis

Born on 3 August 1890 one of the four children of John Martin McCurrich, chief engineer of the Bristol and Avonmouth Dock, he was educated at Clifton College, Bristol, St Bartholomew's Hospital and Vienna. Qualifying in 1915, he joined the Army as a combatant in the Middlesex Regiment but was later

Born at Dundee on 13 January 1886, younger brother of Herbert Leith Murray (1880-1932) Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Liverpool, he graduated from St Andrews University and held resident posts at Dundee Royal Infirmary and in London at Paddington Green Children's Hospital, Chelsea Hospit

George Jonas was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Hillingdon Hospital. He was born in Berlin in 1924, and qualified from the Middlesex Hospital in 1947. After National Service and training posts in London and Liverpool, he was appointed to Hillingdon in 1964. He played an importa