Aubrey Jansz, the youngest of three children, was born in Sri Lanka; his father was a bookstore manager and his mother a nurse. He initially attended Royal College, completing his secondary schooling at Alexandra College from where he won the prestigious Rustomjee Jamshediji Jeejeeboy Scholarship to

For most of his career Peter Woodland Hunt was one of the few surgeons in the vast country of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). There he rapidly learnt to cope efficiently with mine accidents, ophthalmics, plastics and obstetrics, in addition to a heavy general surgical workload. He was born in Dubli

Graham Vaughan La Vere was a warm and gentle man, with a humble Christian faith, whose life was directed towards helping others. After leaving Shore, he studied Medicine at Sydney University graduating in 1957. After RMO appointments at RPAH and Royal Newcastle Hospital, he commenced post-graduate

Professionally educated at St George's Hospital. He practised first at Stockport, where he was Surgeon to the Infirmary Fever Wards and to the Queen's Lying-in Institute. At the latter institution he lectured on midwifery and the diseases of women and children. Removing to Poole, he was at the time

Bruce Christopher MacGregor Williamson was a general practitioner and an assistant surgeon at Melton and District War Memorial Hospital, Melton Mowbray. After qualifying MB BS in 1959, he held house posts at Middlesex Hospital. He went on to become an assistant lecturer at University College London

Born in June, 1819, at Heckington, Lincolnshire, and was apprenticed for the sum of £294 for five years in 1834 to Wilson Wade, of the Westminster Dispensary, Gerrard Street, Soho. His indenture stated that he was apprenticed for the purpose of being instructed in the arts, business, or professions

Born on 1 August 1863 in Alderney, Channel Islands, second son of William Vickery, engineer, and his wife, *née* Tucker. He was educated at Plymouth and at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, where he was senior Broderip scholar in 1887, the year of his qualification. He became an ardent admirer

Born at Penally, Pembrokeshire son of Charles Mathias (1817-88) MRCS 1839, Surgeon IMS, he was educated at Clifton College and King's College, Cambridge where he gained an entrance scholarship and was awarded a first class in both parts of the Natural Sciences Tripos, despite a long period of illnes

William Johnson studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital and graduated MB BS in 1949. After qualification he was for a time registrar in thoracic surgery and general and urological surgery at Bradford Royal Infirmary. He subsequently moved to the United States and held posts at the Doctor's Hospital, Ne

Born in 1903, Robert Kenney was educated at Dalhousie University and the London Hospital. After house appointments at the Royal Sussex County Hospital and Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, he worked for many years as surgeon to the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company. Thereafter he

Gerald Herbert was born in Liverpool on October 7, 1904, the first son of Lt-Col H Herbert, FRCS, IMS, an ophthalmic surgeon, and his wife Agnes, née Killey. After leaving the IMS his father became a consultant ophthalmologist in Nottingham. Gerald Herbert was educated at Lees Preparatory School, Ho

Francis Cahill was a general surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne. He was born in Melbourne on 1 July 1914 and was educated at St Brendan's Catholic Primary School in Flemington and at St Patrick's College in East Melbourne. At 15 he began to study medicine at Melbourne University, qualifying