Reginald Cyril Bell Ledlie was born in 1898 in Cape Town, and shortly afterwards his father, a business man, moved back to England and the boy went to Whitgift Grammar School with an open scholarship, and when he left school won a scholarship to Guy's Hospital. He was then only 16 and when he qualif

John Bertram Gilchrist Muir was born on 18 July 1899 at Kai Yuan, Manchuria, where his father, who had qualified in Edinburgh, was a medical missionary. He was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, Eltham College in London and the Middlesex Hospital. His medical training was interrupted by

Born on March 22 at Kew Park, Bethel Town, Westmoreland, Jamaica, he was the third son of James Rowland Williams, the family having been in Jamaica for many generations. The family was a distinguished one, an elder sister being Dr Cicely Williams CMG, who first detected and described kwashiorkor in

Angus Hedley Whyte was born in South Shields on 23 May 1897. His father, Dr John Whyte JP, was a well-known general practitioner in the town and also a distinguished Gaelic scholar. His mother, Helen Hedley, was the daughter of a farmer at Kielder in North Northumberland. Angus was an only son. He w

Vithaldas Ladhabhai Parmar was a general surgeon who practised in Bombay, India. He gained his fellowship in 1924. He died on 30 October 1976.

David Howard Patey was born in 1899 in Monmouth, the eldest of three children. His father was a West Country man and his mother Welsh. He went to school in Llandovery, where an iron regimen of rugby football and the classics prevailed, and came to Middlesex Hospital for his preclinical and clinical

Eric Coldrey was born in London on 13 April 1901, the son of Arthur Algernon Coldrey and his wife, Florence, née Shearsmith. He was educated at the Tollington School in London and received his medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital where he was Brackenbury and Baly Scholar. He became a house

Frederick William Widgery was born on 11 April 1896, in Exeter, the third child of Frederick John Widgery, the artist and his wife Bertha, née Lunt. He was educated at Exeter School and studied medicine at Guy's where it is thought that he won a Gold Medal and was appointed out-patients officer. He

Arthur John Gardham, the second son of Arthur and Elizabeth Gardham (née Phelps), was born at Leytonstone, Essex on 4 November 1899. He was educated at Bancroft's School, University College and University College Hospital, London, but his studies were interrupted by the first world war when his fath

Darryl Corry was born in Melbourne, Australia, on 10 February 1898, the son of William, a graduate of Belfast and also a surgeon, and his wife Lily Anne, née Meakin. His younger brother, a member of this College, became a general practitioner in Binnaway in Australia and was awarded the MBE for his

Esther Rickards was born in London on 13 July 1893. Her father was a veterinary surgeon. She was interested in dogs all her life and wished to become a veterinary surgeon but, in those days, women were not admitted to the profession, so she decided to become a doctor. She was educated at the Polytec

John Taylor Blackburn was born in Leeds on 3 July 1898 the son of Harry Blackburn, a headmaster, and Edith (née Brandlein). He attended Leeds Grammar School and later entered Leeds University with a scholarship. At the end of the first world war he served as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Ar