Francis Dominic Murphy was born in Cork on 1 October 1902, and studied medicine at University College, Cork where he took a BSc and graduated MB BCh BAO in 1926. From Cork he went first to the Bristol Royal Infirmary and then to London for further surgical training, obtaining the FRCS in 1935. At th

Robert William Higgins studied medicine at the National University of Ireland and qualified in 1921. He became house surgeon to the County Hospital in Lincoln and resident medical officer to the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth and the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers in London. He served i

Ralph Coyte, or "Dan" as he was generally known to his friends, was born on 3 May 1893 and went to Bart's for his medical studies, and while there distinguished himself on the rugger field. Early in the first world war he served in the Royal Navy as a Surgeon Probationer, being discharged later to c

John Tertius Morrison was born in Calcutta on 19 January 1888 of Scottish missionary parents. He grew up in Paisley and Edinburgh, where he graduated in medicine in 1911, winning the Ettles Scholarship. After studying in London he gained the FRCS in 1913. He served throughout the first world war in

John Alvah MacDougall qualified in medicine from Manchester in 1934. He settled in Vancouver, Canada, where he became surgeon to the Vancouver General Hospital and to the British Columbia Cancer Institute. He was Clinical Associate Professor to the department of surgery at the University of British

Stanley Ritson began his medical training at King's College, London, where he took his BSc with honours in physiology in 1909 and was senior demonstrator in anatomy. His clinical years were spent at St Thomas's Hospital, from which he took the Conjoint qualification in 1911. He was academically gift

Joseph Hubert Fernando Jayasuriya qualified LMS in Ceylon in 1917. He took the Conjoint Diploma in 1926 and the Fellowship the following year. He was senior surgeon to the General Hospital in Colombo, Ceylon, and Chairman Emeritus of the Ceylon National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis

Robert Wintersmith Robertson qualified in medicine in 1931 from Loyola University. He practised general surgery at Western Baptist Hospital, Kentucky and became a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 1940. He was a member of the Southern Surgical Association, the Southwestern Surgical Congr

Born in Bristol, the son of John Morton, Superintending Surgeon - a rank discontinued in 1872 - in the HEIC's service in the Madras Presidency. He was educated at Clifton College and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he gained numerous prizes, including the Brackenbury Medical Scholarship. He beca

Born in Melbourne on March 2nd, 1873, the son of D H Madden, of Sydney, New South Wales; educated at the Scotch College, Melbourne, and Melbourne University, where he graduated MB ChB with honours in 1893 and MD in 1904. He served as Senior House Surgeon and Medical Superintendent at the Melbourne H

Colonel Dwarka Prasad Bhargava was professor of surgery at the Prince of Wales Medical College, Patna and Agra, India. He gained his FRCS in 1933. His son, Kamta, also became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Born on 28 May 1880, son of W G Bradfield of Moseley. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and St Mary's Hospital, London, where he obtained an open scholarship in science in 1898. He joined the IMS on 31 August 1903 and first saw service on the North-West Frontier in 1908, being awar