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

John Douglas Ridout Murray qualified in medicine from Cambridge University and the Middlesex Hospital where he was casualty surgical officer. He became resident medical officer to the Bolingbroke Hospital in Wandsworth and was then appointed senior house medical officer to the Exmouth Hospital. He w

Horace Braithwaite Bullen graduated with first class honours in the Natural Science Tripos at Cambridge in 1913. He did his medical training at Cambridge and at St Bartholomew's Hospital where he became house surgeon. He won the Walsham Prize in 1917 and the Bentley Prize in 1918. He was temporary S

Norman Armitage Sprott studied medicine at Oxford University, St Thomas's, the London Hospital and the Middlesex Hospital. His varied posts included medical officer to the Hyderabad State Railways, member of the medical board of Eton College and medical superintendent of St Columba's Hospital, Londo

Joseph Hubert Fernando Jayasuriya qualified LMS in Ceylon in 1917. He took the Conjoint Diploma in 1926 and the Fellowship the following year. He was senior surgeon to the General Hospital in Colombo, Ceylon, and Chairman Emeritus of the Ceylon National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis

Biggar was born at Gateshead and received his medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital; while there he won the junior and senior Platt Scholarships; the Matthew Duncan Prize; the Herbert Prize; the Parkes Memorial Prize; and a silver medal at the first Montefiore Prize. He held a number of r

Alfred ('Boo') Fripp was born in London in 1899. He was the son of Sir Alfred Fripp (*Lives* 1930-51), a surgeon at Guy's Hospital and Surgeon-in-Ordinary to both King Edward VII and King George V. He served in the first world war, enlisting as a second lieutenant and seeing action in France. Aft

John Hackwood was born in Carlisle on the 28 October 1899, the son of Harold Hackwood, a consulting engineer. His mother, Marguerite, née Fereday, was the daughter of a surveyor. He was educated at the City of London School and St Thomas's Hospital Medical School having been awarded the Musgrove Sch

James McFadzean was born at Colmonell, Ayrshire, on 22 October 1900 and educated at Ayr Academy and Glasgow University, where he graduated MB ChB in 1924. After appointments at the London Hospital he took the FRCS. In 1927 he joined a general practice at Morecambe, Lancashire, and was soon appointed

Reginald Broomhead was born in Beeston in Nottinghamshire and attended Ackworth School, before receiving his medical training in Leeds. He qualified in 1925 and was appointed house surgeon to Lord Moynihan. Later he developed an increasing interest in orthopaedic surgery and spent time not only with

Walter Harvey Gervis was born on 22 February 1901 in Brighton, Sussex, the son of Henry Gervis, medical practitioner and Matilda Death, a miller's daughter. His great, great grandfather was in practice in Ashburton. His great grandfather practiced in Tiverton and his grandfather was obstetric physic

Silvanus Mottram Milner was born on 21 January 1901 at Salford, the son of Edmund T Milner, honorary consultant surgeon at Salford Royal Hospital, and his wife, Emma, née Chandley. During his early childhood his father suffered a stroke, relinquished his hospital appointment and moved with his famil