Eric Eccles MacKay was a gynaecologist in the outpatients department at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne. He was born in 1898 and studied medicine at Melbourne University, qualifying with the MB BS in 1920. He gained his MD in 1922. He went to the UK for further training at the London Hospital an

Frank Hudson received his professional education at University College Hospital and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1922. After gaining his Fellowship in 1925, he practised at Sutton, Surrey from 1926 to 1929 before emigrating to New Zealand where he practised at Nelson from 1930 to his death

Max Apthorp Lautre studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital where he was casualty officer and house surgeon. Before returning to South Africa he was resident surgical officer to Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Hospital. He was practising in the Transvaal when he died on 25 April 1977, survived by

Keith Mitchell Keitley Duff qualified at Guy's Hospital, London, and practised in England, in Kenya and in the Transvaal, South Africa. He died on 28 July 1980 at Andover in Hampshire, England aged 87 years. He was survived by his sons Robin and John. John Keitley Duff is also FRCS and specialises i

After his early education at Trowbridge High School, 'Nick' as he was known to his many friends, joined the Artists' Rifles, and was later commissioned in the Royal Artillery in the first world war. After the war he went to Bristol University where he qualified in 1923, taking the MB BS and FRCS in

Charles Paul Wilson was born on 17 August 1900 and received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1922. He obtained the FRCS in 1925 and then specialized in otolaryngology. He was appointed a consultant at the Middlesex Hospital in 1930, and in 1945

Noel Adeney, known as 'Jeff', was born in Cairo on 26 November 1897. His father, Frederick Field Adeney, was a priest, his mother was Rosalie, neé Savage. He was educated at Monkton Combe School and then St John's College, Cambridge, on an open classical scholarship. He served in the first world war

Arthur Cecil Barker Biggs was born in North London on 9 March 1885. His father, John Maundy Biggs, was a general practitioner and a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Florence Elizabeth Biggs, née Hopkinson, his mother, was the daughter of the originator of the Hopkinson piano. He w

Chambers was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying with the conjoint Diploma in 1909, and obtained the Diploma in Public Health from the University of Leeds in 1912. Through the war of 1914-18 he served in France as Surgeon to 1st Regiment of Household Cavalry (the Life Guards), winni

Basil Tracey was born on 19 October 1899 at Willand, Devon, where his father, Henry Eugene Tracey, was a general practitioner, four of whose eleven children were qualified medical practitioners. His mother was Emily Alice, née Martin. He was educated at Monkton Combe School and St Bartholomew's Hosp

Son of William Wright Shaw, grandson of Thomas Shaw of St Thomas's Hospital and tenth in line from William Shaw, surgeon of Shaw Place, Heath Charnock in Lancashire, 1479, Ronald Cunliffe Shaw was born on 27 February 1899. His mother was Florence Hunt, daughter of George Dawson Hunt, a surgeon of Lo

Alec Antony Lees was born at Walsall in 1890, and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1915. He had been studying at Cambridge and Birmingham, but interrupted the work for his degree to join the RAMC after holding a house appointment at the Birmingham General Hospital. He served with the 36th Gene