Born at Hilliers, Petworth, Sussex on 14 May 1876, the third child and eldest son of J N C Davies-Colley, FRCS, surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and Sophia Margaret Turner, his wife. He was a brother of Robert Davies-Colley, FRCS and of Eleanor Davies-Colley, FRCS. He was at Westminster School from Septem

Born on 26 October 1876 at King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, where his father was in general practice, he was the second child and first son of George Waugh, MB, CM 1869, and Annie, his wife, daughter of Thomas Minks of York. He was educated at Epsom College, to which he was later a generous benefact