Born in 1889 the eldest son of S W McCullagh of Belfast, he was educated at the Methodist College and Queen's University. On the outbreak of war he joined the RAMC and served throughout in France, winning the MC at the beginning and the DSO at the end of the war and being five times mentioned in dis

Born on 26 August 1898 son of A W Roques FRIBA he was educated at Highgate School. In 1916 he joined the Army and served in France as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Brigade, Royal Artillery. After the war he went to Clare College, Cambridge and in 1921 entered Middlesex Hospital where he won prizes and sch

Harvey Evers was born on 28 May 1893 in one of the mining towns in Northumberland, where his father was a general practitioner. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and studied medicine at the College of Medicine in Newcastle which at that time formed part of King's Coll

Percy Malpas was educated at Merchant Taylor's School, Crosby, and graduated in medicine at Liverpool in 1923. After resident appointments he passed the FRCS in 1926 and the ChM in 1928. He then decided to specialise in obstetrics and gynaecology and was later elected FRCOG in 1937. He was appointed

Arthur Oliver Gray was born on 19 February 1889 at Gateshead and was educated at Barnard Castle School and Durham University. He wanted to be an engineer, like his father, but it was thought that he was not robust enough for this. The family was not well off and no grants were then available, but Gr