Harold Vellacott was born in 1883, the son of an Essex farmer. He qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1907 from the London Hospital Medical College and took the Fellowship in 1910. He settled at Devonport as a general practitioner surgeon and was appointed to the staff of the Royal Albert Hospita

Educated at University College Hospital, London, he was a demonstrator of anatomy in the medical school and a house physician in the Hospital, after qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1907. He took the Fellowship in 1909 and was appointed senior house surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital

Ernest Cowell was born on 24 February 1886, son of Jasper Cowell of Steyning, Sussex, and was educated at Steyning Grammar School and University College Hospital Medical School where he graduated in 1907, taking the Conjoint Diploma the same year, and went on to take his MD degree in 1909 and the Fe

Born in 1884, James Turton was the son of a surgeon who practised in Brighton. He was educated at Epsom College and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He passed the Conjoint examination in 1907 and graduated MB BS in 1909, becoming FRCS two years later. He was house surgeon to Sir Crisp English at St George

George Ewart Wilson was born at Atwood, Ontario and graduated with honours from the Stratford Collegiate Institute. He worked for a short time as a teacher, and then entered the Medical School of the University of Toronto in 1899. He graduated in 1903 with honours, winning the silver medal and the G