Owen William Roberts was born on 8 March 1894 at Colwyn Bay, North Wales, the eldest son of a builder, John Thomas Roberts. He was educated at Ruthin Primary School, Whitgift Middle School and the Croydon Polytechnic. He began his medical course at King's College, London, in 1914 and won the Rabith

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