Geoffrey Darke qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1937, and after house appointments joined the RAMC where he was mentioned in despatches in 1940 and 1945. After the war he continued his training at Bristol Royal Infirmary, the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and St Bartholomew's, where he

Harry Archibald Pearce went to St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1937, graduating with the London University MB BS in the same year. He became casualty house surgeon at St Bartholomew's, and developing a special interest in orthopaedics early in his

Lloyd received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital. After obtaining his FRCS he moved into obstetrics and gynaecology and indeed became an eminent Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He was gynaecological and obstetrical surgeon to the United Cambridge Hospit

David Le Vay was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon to Woolwich Brook General Hospital, London, for more than 30 years. During this time, he spent a year at the World Health Organization in Geneva and was later a visiting professor of surgery at the Shiraz Medical School, Iran. After his retirement fr

John Dunlop was born on 29 June 1915 in India, where his father, John Dunlop, was a doctor. He was educated, with an entrance scholarship, at Epsom College, and in 1932 gained a scholarship to St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, and qualified in 1937. After holding a number of resident posts at St

Moss Albert was an orthopaedic surgeon in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was born on 18 April 1914 in the East End of London, the son of Barnett Albert and Lilian Albert née Rabinowitz, and studied medicine at University College London. He qualified in 1937. He was a house physician at University

Nicholas Ernest James was born on 20 August 1912 in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of the Congregational Minister. The family returned to England in 1928 and he completed his schooling at Latymer Upper School and then went to the London Hospital where he graduated with honours in medicine in 193

Barnett was born on 24 December 1909, and studied medicine at University College Hospital Medical School London, qualifying in 1932, and obtained his Fellowship in 1937. He decided to specialise in obstetrics and gynaecology, becoming MRCOG in 1942 and FRCOG in 1956. He went to Shropshire as a co

Terry Jenkins was a general surgeon to St Luke’s and the Royal Surrey County hospitals in Guildford. He was born in Shoreditch, London, on 21 April 1913, the second son of Harold and Louise Jenkins, who had a chemists’ shop. They moved to Harrow a few years later. He was educated at the John Lyon an

Wynn-Williams was born on 10 August 1911 at Middlesbrough, the son of William, a general practitioner and his wife Jane Anderson, née Brymer. He was educated at Rossall School and King's College London, where he won the Hughes prize for anatomy and Chadwick prize for clinical surgery, before complet

Ian Donaldson was born on 20 January 1914, the son of David Donaldson, a marine engineer and Margaret Jane, née Smith. He was an exceptional student especially in the study of languages. Ian studied at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School where he obtained a number of prizes. House appointments at

Ross Bloom was born in Leeds on 2 January 1915; his father was a shopkeeper and his mother's maiden name was Fanny Castenberg. He was educated at Cardiff High School and graduated from the University of Wales in 1937, taking the London MB BS, the same year. He obtained the prize for the best first y