John James Barclay Hobbs was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1949, graduating with the London MB, BS, the same year. After holding the post of orthopaedic and casualty house surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital he did his nation

George Mann was an ear, nose and throat surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge between 1965 and 1983. George was born on 4 June 1923 in Cheltenham, the son of Edgar Mann and Winifred Mann née Ballinger, and was subsequently educated at Cheltenham Grammar School. Whilst still at school he suf

Dr Thomas Joseph Claffey AM was born in Woollahra, Sydney on 25 January 1925. He began school at St Francis Paddington and was there for his primary school. He won a bursary to Waverley College and was there for 5 years. Tom’s father originally came from Gympie and worked as a tram conductor. Withou

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

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

Ken Oyston was an orthopaedic surgeon in the Royal Air Force and at Halifax Royal Infirmary. He was born on 13 January 1925 on Tyneside. His father, Harry Oyston, studied mathematics at Durham University and served briefly in the First World War as a second lieutenant in the Northumberland Fusiliers

Austin Edward Wheatley was born on 14 January 1927, and was educated at Emanuel School which was evacuated to Churcher's College, Petersfield, because of hostilities. He entered King's College London, in 1945 and commenced clinical studies at the Hospital in 1947, where he gained the Cheyne Prize in

Claude ('Petal') Neville d'Este Eastes was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon in Sussex. He was born in Canada and in 1942 qualified in medicine at Guy's Hospital. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, travelling to East Africa, Madagascar, India and Ceylon. H

Robin Lyell Blin Beare was a consultant plastic surgeon at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, and St Mary's Hospital, London. He was born on 31 July 1922 in Weybridge, where his father was a surgeon/GP. Robin went to Radley School, where he was a junior scholar. In 1940 he joined the RAF, tra

Philip Paton-Philip was a consultant urologist at Epsom and District Hospital and St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, also serving as a senior lecturer to St George's Hospital Medical School with honorary consultant status. He was born in Cambridge on 12 September 1922, the eldest son of Wilfrid Paton

Jacques ('Jack') Loeb was chief of surgery at the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, and also an author and anatomist. He was born in Berlin on 31 August 1925, the son of Joseph Loeb, founder of Loeb and Sutheim, one of the most prominent furriers in Europe, and Else

Born in Brisbane, Ian Lumsden McVey's early schooling days were spent in Queensland. The family subsequently moved to Melbourne and he finished his schooling at Wesley College. He began medicine at Melbourne University, being a student at the Alfred Hospital and graduated MB BS in 1949 was subseque