Walter Stanley Chapman studied medicine at University College Hospital, qualified MB BS in 1926 and was awarded an MD in 1932. He was appointed resident surgical officer to Bolingbroke Hospital and surgeon to the Worthing Hospital Group. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. During the s

Arthur Edgar De Chazal qualified in medicine from University College Hospital in 1927 and became a Fellow of the College in 1930. He was house physician to University College Hospital before moving to the Mauritius Military Hospital in Floreal, Mauritius, where he was appointed medical specialist. H

Frederick James Theodore Foenander was born in Colombo on 22 September 1898, the only son of Dr F V Foenander, a provincial surgeon in the Department of Medical and Sanitary Services. He was educated at St Thomas's College, Colombo, and entered Ceylon Medical College in 1918. In 1921 he entered the

John Giddings Milner was born in London on 7 December 1900, the second son of Thomas John Milner, a company director, and his wife, Caroline (née Carpenter), and was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge, before entering St Bartholomew's Hospital. He continued his training a

Geoffrey Yates-Bell was born in London on 6 December 1902, and educated at St Dunstan's College and King's College Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1925 and subsequently held junior appointments at King's. In 1930, at the early age of 28, he was appointed consultant urologist to King's Colle

Basil Roy Sworn was born on 14 October 1901 in Burnham, Staffordshire, the son of Ernest Andrew Sworn, a doctor, and Alice Sworn. He was educated at Epsom College and St Thomas’s Hospital, qualifying in 1925 with the Conjoint Diploma and graduating MB BS in 1926. He became first a clinical assistan

Born in Birmingham on 18 December 1900, son of George Owen Donovan, an electrical engineer, and Mabel Smith, Thomas Smith Donovan was educated at King Edward VI School, Aston, and King Edward School, Birmingham. He graduated MB ChB Birmingham in 1924. He was house surgeon, house physician and reside

Ralph Marnham was born in Stellenbosch, South Africa on 7 June 1901, the eldest son of Arthur Marnham, a farmer, and Janet (née Micklem) the daughter of a farmer. He was educated at Diocesan College, Rondebosch and on coming to England, at Caius College, Cambridge and St George's Hospital, London, q

James Rudd Ratcliffe was born on 5 October 1899 in the Cape Province, South Africa, the son of a stock farmer who was killed in the Boer war within a few months of his birth. His mother was distinguished for her bravery in nursing the wounded during the siege of Ladysmith. He went to school in South

Frederick Herman Aitken Walker, the only child of Frederick, a cotton manufacturer, and of Edith Walker, was born on 1 July 1900 at Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire. He was educated at Calday Grange School, West Kirby, Cheshire, and, after one year as a medical student at Liverpool University he moved t

James Cecil Hogg was born on 25 August 1900 and was educated at Haileybury College where he played rugger for the first XV, and then at Caius College, Cambridge, where in addition to his medical studies he was a member of the Footlights and played tennis for his College. He came to St Bartholomew's

James Cosbie Ross was born in Liverpool on 17 May 1904. He was the son and grandson of doctors, his father being James Ross, a general practitioner in Walton, Liverpool. His mother was Delia Cosbie and James, as the eldest child, took the name of Cosbie. James used this name and linked Ross as 'Cobb