Born 27 July 1891 at Clifton Hill, Maida Vale, London, the third child of Herbert Augustus Oldershaw, solicitor, and his wife *née* Godrich. He was educated at the Brighton Technical College and at University College Hospital. At the Hospital he gained the Bucknill scholarship in 1913, and served as

Harold George Kirwan-Taylor was born on April 14, 1895. His father was chairman of a property company and his mother was the authoress and barrister, Mary Kirwan. He was educated at Epsom College, Trinity College, Cambridge, and St George's Hospital which he was to serve for most of his professional

Lionel George Higgins was born on 26 May 1891 in Bedford, son of Frederick George Higgins, a merchant. He was educated privately on account of juvenile rheumatic fever and went on to Clare College, Cambridge, and St Thomas's Hospital. He qualified in 1917, obtained his FRCS in 1920 and MD in 1956. H