Guthrie Clothier was chief medical officer to the British Petroleum Company (BP). He received his medical education at King’s College Hospital. He then completed junior posts at St Charles Hospital and was a senior registrar at St Stephen’s Hospital. During the Second World War, he served as a major

Gordon Bohn was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal Berkshire and Battle hospitals, Reading. He was born in Forest Gate, London, on 17 February 1913, the son of Leonard Gayton Bohn, a ship-owner, and Sophia Bohn (née Cattermole). From the County High School, Ilford, he went to the medical scho

The son of Edward Jones, a clergyman, and Mary Louise, née Evans, David Jones was born in Rhyl, North Wales, on 14 April 1910. He was educated at Taunton School, went on to pre-clinical training in Cardiff and did his clinical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying with the conjoint diplo

Iorwerth Havard Griffiths, always affectionately known as 'Griff', was born at Barry in Glamorgan on 12 January 1909. His father Roland was a master baker and caterer and his mother Celia, née Havard, a housewife. His older brother, G J Griffiths FRCS (1901-1987) was consultant surgeon at Bedford. H