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

Born on 7 March 1895 the son of Major W St M Hefferman, Burma Medical Service, he was educated at Epsom College, where he was a prefect and won the Modern History prize. He served as a combatant in the first world war, with the rank of Captain in the 7th battalion, the Border Regiment, and was sever

Earl Leslie Robert first trained in dentistry at the Royal Dental Hospital and then moved to the Middlesex and London Hospitals when he decided to take up surgery. He was deputy medical superintendent of St Mary's Hospital, Highgate, house surgeon to the Royal Northern Hospital and obstetric and gyn