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 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

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

Eric Coldrey was born in London on 13 April 1901, the son of Arthur Algernon Coldrey and his wife, Florence, née Shearsmith. He was educated at the Tollington School in London and received his medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital where he was Brackenbury and Baly Scholar. He became a house

Donald Currie was the eldest son of James Irvine Currie, who was a woollen manufacturer in Leeds. He was educated at Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University, and obtained his medical training at the London Hospital. His studies were interrupted by the outbreak of the first world war and at the age

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

Frederick William Widgery was born on 11 April 1896, in Exeter, the third child of Frederick John Widgery, the artist and his wife Bertha, née Lunt. He was educated at Exeter School and studied medicine at Guy's where it is thought that he won a Gold Medal and was appointed out-patients officer. He

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

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

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

David Howard Patey was born in 1899 in Monmouth, the eldest of three children. His father was a West Country man and his mother Welsh. He went to school in Llandovery, where an iron regimen of rugby football and the classics prevailed, and came to Middlesex Hospital for his preclinical and clinical

Darryl Corry was born in Melbourne, Australia, on 10 February 1898, the son of William, a graduate of Belfast and also a surgeon, and his wife Lily Anne, née Meakin. His younger brother, a member of this College, became a general practitioner in Binnaway in Australia and was awarded the MBE for his