Born 30 October 1904, the son of Joseph Edward Bowes MB, of Keswick, Cumberland, who survived him, Kenneth Bowes was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, where his father was in practice. At the University of Liverpool he studied medicine and was awarded the Holt fellowship in ph

Jocelyn Adelaide Moore was born in Monkstown, Co Dublin, on 29 August 1904. Her mother was Adelaide Mary Murphy and her father was Major General Sir John Moore, CB, of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps; she was the eldest of their three daughters. She attended Wycombe Abbey School, Bucks, and the Roya

William Burnett was born in London on 14 March 1906 and received his medical education at University College Hospital. As a student he won exhibitions in pathology and biology. After qualification in 1929 he took resident appointments at Portsmouth Hospital, and then settled in general practice at R