Born at Kotahena, Colombo, Ceylon on 30 July 1884, the eldest child of Francis Dionysius Alles, broker of Whittall and Co, and Mary Rodrigo Perumal his wife. His father's brother was a Roman Catholic priest well known in Ceylon, the Rev P M Alles, OMI. He was educated at St Joseph's College, Colo

Born 24 April 1883 the second son of the Rev George Lindsay of Dunedin and Christchurch, New Zealand, and Jessie Mollison his wife. He was educated at Otago University, where he graduated in science in 1904. Coming to England he received his medical training at the London Hospital, where he was a pu

Born 18 February 1885, the son of Sir John Bromley, CB, JP (1849-1915) of Seaford, Sussex, who was accountant-general to the Board of Education 1903-09, and his wife Marie Louise, daughter of Richard Bowman of Maidenhead. He was educated at St Paul's School and Caius College, Cambridge, where he gra