Silvanus Mottram Milner was born on 21 January 1901 at Salford, the son of Edmund T Milner, honorary consultant surgeon at Salford Royal Hospital, and his wife, Emma, née Chandley. During his early childhood his father suffered a stroke, relinquished his hospital appointment and moved with his famil

Born at Bristol on 21 July 1898, the second son and third child of Edward Sidney Griffiths, building contractor of Fairlawn, Portishead, and his wife, *née* Lambourn. He was educated at St Mary Redcliff School, Bristol and afterwards privately. He entered Bristol University in 1925 and gained the Co

James Ivor Griffiths was born in Tredegar on 26 December 1901, the son of James Evan Griffiths and Naomi, née Morgan. He was awarded a scholarship to the University of Wales in Cardiff where he graduated BSc in 1921. He won an open scholarship to University College Hospital, qualifying MRCS, LRCP in

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

Dudley Marks was born on 3 April, 1899 at Peckham Rye, and was educated at Haberdasher's Aske's School from whence he secured a scholarship to Cambridge. With the outbreak of the first world war he joined the Queen's Own Regiment on his 18th birthday in 1917. In the following year he suffered severe

John Edward (Jack) Piercy was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1899 and during the first world war served with the Royal Flying Corps. He returned to England in 1920 to start medical studies at Guy's Hospital qualifying in 1924. After early appointments at St Andrew's Hospital, Bow, and the Roy

William Eric Joseph was born in 1898, the only son of a Congregational minister. He was educated at Taunton School and in 1916 won an open scholarship to Peterhouse College Cambridge. By then he had entered the Artillery Cadet Training School in Exeter, and the scholarship was kept open for him unti

Kenneth Owen Parsons was born at Swansea on 12 January 1898, the second son of Tom Parsons, a printer and his wife Florence, née Williams, and was educated at Swansea Grammar School and later at Bristol Grammar School. On leaving school in 1916 he joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers; he was twice wound

Spurrell was born in Carmarthen on 24 June 1897, educated at Llandovery College and entered Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1914 at the age of 17. As soon as he was old enough he enlisted in 1915 in the Royal Field Artillery, was commissioned and went on active service till the first world war ende

Robert Davies Owen was born on 8 May 1898 at Morfa Nevin, Caernarvonshire, the second son of Griffith Owen, a master mariner and his wife Jane, nee Davies, the daughter of a master mariner. He was educated at Towyn Grammar School and University College, Cardiff. On leaving school he became a cadet i

William Daggett, the only son of a Yorkshire general practitioner, was born at Boroughbridge on 2 October, 1900. From a preparatory school at Marston Moor he went as an exhibitioner to Sedberg School and then to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. After securing a first class Natural Science Trip

John Cridlan Barrett was born on 10 August 1897 in Leamington Spa where his father was a pharmaceutical chemist. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School from where he obtained a scholarship to St Thomas's Hospital Medical School. In the first world war he served as a Lieutenant in the 5th Battal