George Kirkland was born in Glasgow on 5 November 1904, the son of Robert Kirkland, a grain merchant, and Margaret Russell. He was educated at Eastbank Academy, Glasgow, and at Glasgow University, where he qualified in 1927. He was a general practitioner in Oldham from 1929 to 1948, and a general su

George Lewis was born on 24 October 1914 in Bedwas, Monmouthshire, the son of Edgar John Lewis and Ella, née Thomas. His father was a businessman and JP and was also High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1936. George was educated at Malvern College, where he gained an entrance scholarship to Pembroke Col

Maurice Backwell was born in Hull on 21 January 1900, and educated at The Old College, Windermere, and Charterhouse. Towards the end of the first world war he served for a short time in the East Yorkshire Regiment before starting his medical studies at Leeds University. He graduated MB ChB, in 1925

Cedric Ivor Tuckett was born on 12 December, 1901. He was educated at Rugby, Cambridge University and St Thomas's Hospital where he won the Cheselden Medal and qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1926. He played rugby for the hospital and held a number of senior resident posts, becoming FRCS in 1928 and MCh in

John Bulman was born on 5 March 1911, in Burnopfield, Co Durham, the second child and first son of Harrison Francis Bulman, a mining engineer, and of his wife Norah (née Jones). His uncle was Beresford Jones, FRCS, surgeon to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. After preparatory school in Warwicksh

Martin Cox was born in Ladysmith, Cape Province, on 7 March 1922, the son of Herbert Walter Cox, an inspector of banks for Barclays DCO. His early education was at the Diocesan College, Rondebosch, from 1933 to 1939 where in addition to obtaining a first class matriculation he was also captain of bo

Robert Gerrett Reid, the son of the Rev Dr James Reid, DD, a Presbyterian Minister and well-known preacher, and of Isa Reid (née Gerrett), a school mistress, was born at Oban, Scotland, on 21 September 1909. He was educated at Roborough School, Eastbourne, the Leys School, Cambridge, and Guy's Hospi

Simeon Cyril Shaw was born in Horsham on 11 March 1893 and after early education at Reigate Grammar School entered Middlesex Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1917. He served in the Royal Navy during the first world war and after demobilisation returned to the Middlesex to work in the Bland-Sut

Griffith John Griffiths was born in Barry on 23 September 1901. He was educated at Barry County School and Cardiff University before qualifying from the Middlesex Hospital. He was then in the Royal Air Force Medical Branch for three years on a short service commission in Egypt and Iraq before return

Richard Dennis Wilkins studied medicine at Oxford University and St Thomas's Hospital, London. He qualified MRCS in 1941 and FRCS in 1948. Returning to Canada he entered family practice while also doing some general surgery. He became consultant surgeon to the Marine General Hospital, Goderich, the

John Henry Milnes Walker was born on 16 March 1902 in Wakefield, the son of John William Walker and his wife Constance Elizabeth, née Holdsworth. His father and grandfather had both been surgeons on the staff of Clayton Hospital and his wife's father had been a physician there. He was educated at Ou

Kenneth Hester was a GP in Hertfordshire, an honorary surgeon at the St Albans and Mid-Herts Hospital, and assisted at Red House Hospital (now Memorial Hospital) in Harpenden. He was born on 27 October 1908 in Catford, London, the only son of William Clement, a schoolmaster, and Ellen Carter née Smi