Frederick Arnold Williamson-Noble was born on 26 July, 1889, the son of the late Mr G E Williamson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was educated at Oundle School, Queen's College, Cambridge and at St Mary's Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1914 and joined the Royal Navy, in which he served through

Born at Parkville, Melbourne, 3 November 1905, he was educated at Prince's Hill State School, at Scotch College, Melbourne, where he was a scholar and second to the school *dux*, and at Ormond College where he won the first-year exhibition in natural philosophy. He held resident posts at the Royal M

Born in 1878 son of James Gibb, M P for Harrow, he was educated at St Paul's School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he took first class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, part I, in 1900. He took his clinical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital where he served as house surgeon to

Born on 19 June 1890 son of Robert Wheddon Gimblett he was educated at Clifton College and Caius College, Cambridge, where he took second-class honours in the Natural Science Tripos, part 1, 1911. At St Thomas's Hospital he was house surgeon and senior ophthalmic surgeon at the R N Hospitals at Chat

Edwin Cook received his medical education at Liverpool University, graduating in 1940, early in the second world war. After holding resident posts at Liverpool he soon joined the RAFVR. One of his early postings was to 266 Rhodesia Squadron RAF, and his association with this squadron was to remain o

The Hon Geoffrey John Orlando Bridgeman, the second son of the first Viscount Bridgeman, was born on 3 July 1898 at 39 Harley Street, London. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College Cambridge, and served in the Royal Field Artillery during the first world war, and was awarded the MC in 1918. He

Born on 13 February 1896, son of Arthur John Cardell, he was educated at Epsom College and St Thomas's Hospital. At Epsom he was awarded the Jenks Scholarship in 1914 and at St Thomas's he was awarded the William Tite Scholarship for 1914-1915, the Peacock Scholarship for 1915-1916 and a second tenu

Sundram Pillai studied medicine at the Westminster Hospital and Guy's. He passed the Conjoint Diploma in 1939 and the FRCS in 1949. He was outpatients' officer to Moorfields Eye Hospital, senior house surgeon to the Kent County Ophthalmic Hospital, Maidstone, and ophthalmic registrar to the Swansea

James William Tudor Thomas was born in Ystradgynlais, Breconshire, on 23 May 1893, the only child of Thomas Thomas, headmaster of Ystradgynlais County School, and Mary, daughter of a colliery proprietor, he was educated at the county school, Cardiff Medical School and the Middlesex Hospital. He won

Ralph Newton McCann was born in Australia and from 1934 to 1940 was at St Peter's Collegiate in Adelaide. He then attended the University and Royal Adelaide Hospital graduating MB BS in 1946. After a year in a house appointment he served in the Australian Army with BCOF Japan in 1947-48 and at Woome

Roy Harfitt was born in Alexandria, Egypt on 15 March 1944. He had no medical connections. His grandfather, Vicar of St Mary at Hill (the Billingsgate fish market church) founded the Christian Evidence Society. Ronald Stanley Harfitt, his father, worked in civil aviation and his mother was Josephine

John Foster, the eldest son of John Robert Foster, an ophthalmic surgeon, and of Emily Jane (née Elliot) was born on 31 October 1903 in West Hartlepool. He was educated at Aysgarth School, Uppingham School and Caius College, Cambridge, before entering the London Hospital Medical School where he won