Appacutty Sinnatamby qualified in medicine in Ceylon and became a medical officer in the Colonial Medical Service. He became a Fellow of the College in 1948 and lived in London for some years before returning to Colombo where he became Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Cey

Evan Arthur Williams was born in Wales on 11 April 1919 and after early education entered Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1937. He qualified in 1943 and almost immediately joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy where he was mentioned in despatches. After demobilisation in 1948 he ret

Farquhar received his medical education at Birmingham, qualifying MB ChB there in 1938. After he obtained his Fellowship, he specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology, holding junior and registrar posts at the Birmingham Maternity Hospital and at the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women. Later