Born 3 June 1867 at Ballymackey, Nenagh, Co Tipperary, Ireland, the third child and second son of the Ven Robert James Going, MA, Archdeacon of Killaloe, and Maria Marcella Clarke, his wife. He was educated at St Columba's, Rathfarnham, Co Dublin, at Trinity College) and at the Adelaide Hospital, Du

Born 18 June 1874 at Hazelholme, Colnbrook near Slough, Bucks, the third of the eight children of Samuel Roberts, builder and contractor, and Maria Harris, his wife. He was educated at Padcroft Grammar School, West Drayton, and at Elmfield College, York. He entered Middlesex Hospital with a scholars

The Trotter family has long been settled in Gloucestershire, where it had an honoured connexion with the Baptist Church. Wilfred Trotter was born in London on 3 November 1872, the son of Howard Birt Trotter of Coleford, Gloucestershire, and Frances Lewes, his wife. His early years were spent at Cole

Born 28 November 1874, the second son of Sir Thomas Smith, Bart, consulting surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital, and his wife Ann Eliza, second daughter of Frederick Parbury. Thomas Smith had been appointed surgeon to St Bartholomew's the year before Gilbert's birth. His elder son, Sir Rudolph Hamp

Born at Plymouth, 20 March 1871, the second son and second child of Samuel Bartlett Rawling, civil engineer, and Sarah Ade Bathe Withers, his wife. His elder brother, Brigadier-General Cecil Godfrey Rawling, CMG, CIE, DSO, of the Dorset Light Infantry, was in command of the Gartok survey party and w

Born in Australia on 30 November 1871, the youngest child of Sir William Foster Stawell, afterwards Chief Justice of Victoria, and his wife, *née* Greene. An elder brother, Sir Richard Rawdon Stawell, KBE, MD (1864-1935) became consulting physician to Melbourne Hospital. Stawell was educated at Geel

Born at Strabane, Co Tyrone on 23 August 1873, the youngest son of the Rev William A Russell, a Presbyterian minister, he received his early education in Ireland and then went to the City of London School. He studied medicine at University College Hospital, won class medals, and was awarded the Fill

Educated at St Bartholomew's where he served as house surgeon, he was also house surgeon at the East London Hospital for Children. He settled in South Africa in 1902, practising at Fordsburg, Transvaal. After the first world war he moved to Johannesburg, practising at Mayfair for nearly twenty years

He received his medical education at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and was at one time assistant medical superintendent at St Saviour's Hospital, Dulwich. He practised for many years at Madras, in India, where he was Chief Medical Officer to the Madras and South Mahratta Railway. He was a most gener

Born at Llechwyd Farm, Towyn on 27 September 1874, the second child of John Rowlands, farmer, and Elizabeth Pugh, his wife. His parents died when he was five years old and his upbringing was supervised by trustees and his elder brother, Richard Pugh Rowlands. He was educated at Dolgelly Grammar Scho

Born on 9 July 1869 at Ballycogley Castle, Co Wexford, the second son of Richard Cherry Sikes, of Cork, and Susannah Lecky Jacob, his wife; he was educated privately. He received his medical training at St Thomas's Hospital, where he won an entrance scholarship and the Tite and Peacock scholarships.