Simon Marinker was chief of surgery for the Algoma District Medical Group in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Paris on 6 April 1913, but moved with his family to London during his childhood. His brother, Marshall, who was 17 years younger, became a professor of general practice at th

Hugh Harley was born in Madura, India, on 27 November 1912. His father, Thomas William Harley, was a surgeon in the Indian Medical Service. His mother was Maisie née Wrixen. He was educated at Haddon Hall School, Ceylon, Belmont School, Ventnor, on the Isle of Wight, and then at Highgate School. He

John Mayer was born in Hampstead, London, on 18 January 1913, the son of Harold Mayer, a china and glass merchant, and Madge (née Nathan). He was educated at Brighton College and Guy's Hospital, qualifying in 1935. After house posts there and a demonstratorship he passed the FRCS in 1938 and was reg