Robert Victor Cooke was born at Berkeley, Gloucestershire, on 17 May 1902, the eldest son of John Cooke and Rose Eva O'Neill. He was educated at Lydney Grammar School, on the opposite side of the Severn estuary. He entered Bristol University to study chemistry, but later transferred to the faculty o

Leonard Charles Lancaster was born in Brockley, South-East London, on March 10, 1902. He was a scholar at Aske's School, Hatcham, obtained a scholarship to Downing College, Cambridge, and a further scholarship to St George's Hospital in London where he won the Allingham Prize. After house appointmen

Harry Isaac Deitch was born in London on 18 January 1903 and after his early education entered the Middlesex Hospital, graduating in 1926. After early hospital appointments which included that of resident surgical officer at St Peter's Hospital for Stone he rapidly acquired both the FRCS and the MS

Robert Lord Holt was born near Oldham on 18 May 1903 and educated at William Hulme's Grammar School, and Manchester University, where he qualified with many distinctions. He held numerous resident appointments in Manchester and obtained his Fellowship in 1928. In 1931 he was Dickson Travelling Schol

Alfred Hobson was educated at George Dixon's School, Edgbaston, and later at Birmingham University, graduating from there in 1925. After the usual house appointments he took the Fellowships of England and Edinburgh in 1928. A few years later he was appointed general surgeon to Battersea General Hosp

John Penry studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, where he became obstetric officer and casualty officer. He was house surgeon to the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, and then took up the part-time post of medical referee to the Welsh Office in Cardiff. He was a member of the Glamorgan Loca

John Gray studied medicine at Cambridge University and Guy's Hospital. He won the Raymond Horton-Smith Prize of the University of Cambridge in 1936. Later in life he lived in Hong Kong and was honorary surgeon to the Tung Wah E Hospital. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is ass

William Leslie qualified MB BS in 1927, having studied medicine at Guy's. He became a Fellow of the College in 1933. He was consultant surgeon to St Mary Abbot's Hospital, London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He died on 5 June 1982.

Arthur Wallis Kendall, the son of Dr J A Kendall was educated at Barnard Castle School, King's College, London, and King's College Hospital, qualifying in 1926 and graduating MB in 1927 and MS in 1934; he became FRCS in 1931. He held posts as house-surgeon at King's and as surgical registrar at the

Joseph Hubert Fernando Jayasuriya qualified LMS in Ceylon in 1917. He took the Conjoint Diploma in 1926 and the Fellowship the following year. He was senior surgeon to the General Hospital in Colombo, Ceylon, and Chairman Emeritus of the Ceylon National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis

Charles Langley Owen qualified MB BCh from Cambridge University in 1930 after taking the Conjoint Diploma four years earlier. He was house surgeon to University College Hospital, resident surgical officer to St Bartholomew's Hospital, Rochester and honorary assistant surgeon to Hereford General Hosp

Alban Lewys-Lloyd was born at Towyn, Wales on 3 October 1902 the son of Evan Lewys-Lloyd, the County Medical Officer of Health of Merionethshire, and his wife Margaret, née Vaughan. He was educated at Towyn School before entering St Bartholomew's Medical College, qualifying in 1926. He initially int