Edward G Slesinger was steadfastly a Guy's man working for its medical school and hospital for nearly 60 years. The only break in this period of service was during the first world war when he served as temporary Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy being mentioned in despatches, awarded the OBE in 1

Born on 22 June 1888, son of Dr Arthur John Jefferson of Rochdale and younger brother of Sir Geoffrey Jefferson, he was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Manchester University, where he shared the Dumville surgical prize with J S B Stopford. Qualifying in 1911 with the conjoint diploma and t

Born 26 September 1887 at Allepy, Travancore, South India, the third child and only son, in a family of four, of the Rev Clement Alfred Neve, clerk in Holy Orders, and his wife, a sister of Sir Frederick Treves, FRCS. He was educated at St Michael's School, Limpsfield, and at Repton. He entered Rept