Born 12 July 1869 at Romford, Essex, the fourth child and third son of Octavius George Daldy, coal and timber merchant, and his wife, *née* Mantell. He was educated at Cranbrook School, Kent, and at Guy's Hospital, and was awarded a gold medal at the London University MB BS examination. Daldy was in

Born 30 April 1869, eldest of the eleven children of Alfred Sheen, MD, MRCS, surgeon to Cardiff Royal Infirmary, and Harriet Nell, his wife. A younger brother rose to be an engineer rear-admiral, Royal Navy. Their father is reputed to have performed the first successful ovariotomy at Cardiff. Educat

Born 28 July 1867 at Stanley House, Clapton, Middlesex, the fourth son and seventh child of Charles Ballance and Caroline Hendebrouck Pollard, his wife. His three elder brothers entered the medical profession, the eldest being Sir Charles Ballance, surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital, noticed above.