Hari Ker was born at Stafford on 4 November 1924 and received his medical education at King's College, London, and Charing Cross Hospital, where he qualified MRCS, LRCP and MB, BS London in 1948. He was awarded the Pickering Prize at King's College and the public health prize at Charing Cross Hospit

Born at Gillingham, Kent, on 5 December 1919, Edwin Charles Gibson received his early education at King Edward VI School, Southampton, and from there won a scholarship to Charing Cross Hospital where he graduated MRCS LRCP in 1943. Following a period of residency at the Royal South Hants and Southam

Geoffrey Warren Holland was born on 26 May 1925, the second son of Sir Sidney George Holland GCMG CH and his wife Florence Beatrice née Drayton. His father was instrumental in the creation and consolidation of the New Zealand National Party and was the 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand, a post he h

Yahya Cohen was senior surgeon at the Singapore General Hospital and a former president of the Singapore Medical Council. Born in Singapore on 1 April 1920, he was the son of Menahem Cohen, a Yemeni merchant and Mozelle née Ezra who was from Iraq. The eldest of their three children, he was the only

John Littler was a consultant general surgeon at Walton Hospital, Liverpool, and a lecturer in clinical surgery at Liverpool University Medical and Dental School. He studied medicine in Liverpool and qualified in 1942. He trained in surgery in Liverpool, at Broadgreen Hospital, and gained his FRCS i

George Keith Thomas was a former consultant surgeon at Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Whitchurch, Shropshire, the son of Bert Thomas, a bank manager, and Maud Eleanor Thomas née Beatty. His sister, Patricia, also became a doctor. He was educated at Whitchurch Gr

Anthony Owen Parker gained MB BS at Sydney University in 1942. He was resident medical officer at Sydney Hospital in 1942-43 and at Prince Henry Hospital 1943-44. He came to London and in 1951-53 he was surgical registrar at Poplar Hospital. He was surgical registrar at Princess Beatrice Hospital

Henry Le Brun was a general surgeon at Lewisham Hospital. He was born on 28 January 1918 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, in the heart of the mining country, where his father was a mining engineer. His second name 'Ieuan' (Welsh for 'John') and the fact that his mother's maiden name was Thomas reveals his

David Stirk was a consultant general surgeon in Barnstaple and an authority on golf. He was born in Exeter on 1 March 1916, the son of a doctor. He was educated at Blundell’s and studied medicine at St Mary’s Hospital. After five years in the RAMC, three of which were spent in India, he returned t

Peter Bevan was professor of surgery at Birmingham and a former vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He was born in Birmingham on 13 December 1922, of Welsh and Yorkshire roots, the elder son of Thomas John Bevan, a Congregational minister who served as a chaplain at Gallipoli

Kenneth Fowler Wood, or 'Ken' to his colleagues and friends, was a general surgeon in Leicester. He was born in Manchester on 6 July 1923. There was no history of medicine in the family and his father, Maurice Herbert Wood, worked in Customs and Excise. His mother was Nellie Asquith Wood née Fowler.

Donald Griffiths was a consultant general surgeon in Aberystwyth. He was born in Colwyn Bay on 12 March 1921, the son of Thomas Owen Griffiths, a science master, and Alice Adelaide, the daughter of a tailor. He was educated at Penmaenrhoe Council School and Colwyn Bay County School, and was Denbighs