Born at Twickenham, 4 May 1883, the third son of Frederick Richard Syms, solicitor, and Amelia Charlotte Kendall of Pelyn, Cornwall, his wife. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's School and at King's College, London. After passing the London matriculation, he entered Guy's Hospital Medical School,

Born 9 April 1881, son of Hugh McCaw, MB CM Glasgow 1877, in practice at East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand, and Jane Macadam Todd, his wife. He was educated at the Otago Boys' High School and at Otago College, University of New Zealand, before coming to England to study medicine. He entered the London

Born at Gillingham, Kent on 12 November 1883, he was educated at St Thomas's Hospital where he won numerous prizes and the Musgrove Scholarship. After qualifying in 1908 he held house appointments at St Thomas's, and filled posts at the Royal Free Hospital, the West London Hospital and the Royal Sal

Born 11 October 1882, the third child and only son of Samuel Buckley, FRCS, consulting physician to the Clinical (now the Northern) Hospital for Diseases of Women and Children, Manchester, and his wife, Florence Woolley. He was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge, and took first-class h