Narasinganallore S Narasimhan was born on 20 April 1893 in the province of Madras, and although he decided early he wanted to be a doctor he could not afford a university course so took the subassistant surgeon's course at the Prince of Wales Medical School, gaining its licence in 1913. During the f

Wiles was born on 17 August 1899 the only son, with two sisters, of Thomas Wiles, chairman of Joseph Wiles and Son Ltd, corn-merchants of Mark Lane in the City of London. Thomas Wiles was a successful business-man and an active Liberal politician. He became Chairman of the London Corn Exchange, the

William Arthur Elliston (Bill) was born in Ipswich on 4 October 1904. His father, William Rowley Elliston OBE, was a barrister who became Recorder of Great Yarmouth and Mayor of Ipswich and his mother was Ethel Mary, nee Walton. Many of his family had been associated with the medical profession and

'Bill' Tucker was born on 6 August 1903 in Hamilton, Bermuda,where his ancestors had been colonists in the 17th century and where his father, also William Eldon Tucker, was a surgeon whose contributions to the profession were recognized by the award of the honorary FRCS in 1952. His mother was Henri

William Sayle-Creer, the eldest son of William Sayle-Creer, a cashier, and of Rosa (née Veale) was born at Bootle, Lancashire, on 4 June 1903. After early education at Darne School, Ormskirk, he secured a state scholarship to Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, before graduating from Liverpool Univers

Temple Theodore Stamm, known as 'Tim', was an orthopaedic surgeon at Guy's and at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. He was born on 22 December 1905. His father, Louis Edward Stamm, was a general practitioner in Streatham. His mother was Louise Ethel née Perry. He was educated at Haileybury, b

James Charles Frederick Lloyd Williamson was born in Horley on 9 July 1904. His father was a doctor, and he was educated at Rugby, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1928, and graduating BChir in 1929 and MB in 1931. After junior appoin

Storrs was educated at Sherborne School, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital. After qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1928, he held house appointments at St Thomas's, first as a casualty officer for six months, followed by six months as a house surgeon. This was followed by a