Born in January 1895, the son of Dr J Wasdale Hudson, he was educated at Epsom College. Both his father and grandfather were Middlesex men and he too, entered Middlesex Hospital, in 1913. More recently his son maintained the tradition and is now lecturer in physiology in the Medical School. He to

Born in Liverpool on 9 November 1899 he was brought up at Merthyr, South Wales, and educated at Cardiff and the Westminster Hospital, qualifying in 1922. After a short time in general practice he gained surgical experience at the Westminster and Guy's Hospitals and the Prince of Wales Hospital, Tott

Born 18 December 1894 at Witfoot, Middelburg, Transvaal, South Africa, the third of the three sons of Henry Laver, merchant of Middelburg, and his wife, nee Hardiman. Both parents came originally from Southampton. He was educated at Middelburg, at the Bedford Modern School in England, and at Guy's H

Born at St Ives, Cornwall, on 5 December 1888, the son of William Faull, JP, of Ayr Cottage, St Ives, and Fanny Collins, his wife. He received his medical education at St Mary's Hospital and after acting as house surgeon at the Northampton General Hospital went to South Africa. He registered there i

Roland Arthur Hertslet Fulton was the son of a doctor, and was educated at Otago Boys' High School and the University of Otago Medical School where he graduated in 1914. In his final year as a medical student he won a travelling scholarship and came to England in 1914. On the outbreak of war he join

Born at Cambridge, 21 January 1900, the sixth child and fifth son of Richard Sturton, chemist, and Mary Emma Sturton, his wife and cousin. He was educated at the Perse School, and acted as temporary surgeon sub-lieutenant, RNVR in 1918. In 1919 he entered St John's College, Cambridge, where he gaine

Born on 31 July 1896 son of Digby Chamberlain, he began his medical career at the University of Leeds in 1913. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he interrupted his medical studies to join the Royal Artillery in which he rose to the rank of Major, but in 1917 medical students serving as combatants were

Born on 27 March 1898 elder son of James Williamson Patrick MD of Leicester and his wife Annie Margaret, daughter of Sir William Vincent, twice Mayor of Leicester, he was educated at Rugby and Caius College, Cambridge, and was commissioned as a surgeon probationer in the RNVR during the first world

Louis Amos Bennett was born in Nelson, New Zealand, on 16 October 1896. His father was John Bennett, farmer and storekeeper and his mother was Annie, née Ryde. He was educated at Central School, Nelson and Nelson College where he was awarded the junior and senior national scholarships and the Fell S

Philip Reginald Hawe was born at Callan, Co Kilkenny, Eire, in 1900. The family moved to Liverpool in 1905 and as a result he was educated there at the Catholic Institute in Hope Street. In his senior year he was awarded the Robert Gee Scholarship in medicine and the John Rankin Scholarship in engin

Trevor Meyrick Thomas was born at Bangor, Caernarvonshire, on 7 July 1898, the son of John Edward Thomas MD, a general practitioner surgeon. His mother, Mary, née Rowlands, was the daughter of a farmer, and his maternal great-uncle was John Rowlands who qualified MRCS in 1832. He was educated at

Frank Hudson received his professional education at University College Hospital and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1922. After gaining his Fellowship in 1925, he practised at Sutton, Surrey from 1926 to 1929 before emigrating to New Zealand where he practised at Nelson from 1930 to his death