Satya Ranjan Chandra was born on 11 June 1909 in Bengal, the first son of Fakir Chandra, a medical practitioner, and his wife Usha. He attended schools in Calcutta and proceeded to the Calcutta Medical College where he was awarded a scholarship and honours in pathology and hygiene. He qualified in 1

Elmer Samuel James was born in Craigmont, Ontario in 1910. He went to school in Biggar, Saskatchewan, and then to Winnipeg for the medical course, graduating MD in the University of Manitoba in 1935. He subsequently came to Great Britain for postgraduate training, passed the Conjoint Board examinati

Gerald Huxham Pearce was born in Stonehouse, Plymouth, on 15 May 1906, the son of Albert Preston Pearce, a bank manager, and Jessie Annie Ridge, of Holsworthy, North Devon. He was educated at Sidcot School, a Quaker school, in Somerset and then University College Hospital, where he was greatly influ

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

Hedley Walter Hall was born in Farsley, near Leeds, on 3 October 1907. His father, Walter, was a Methodist minister. His mother was Julia Florence née Copestake. He was educated at Goole Primary and Secondary Schools, then Shebbear College, north Devon, where he was captain of the school. He studied

Edmund Henry Tregothwyn Hambly was born at Port Isaac, Cornwall, in 1914. He was educated at Blundell's and on leaving school entered St Bartholomew's where he graduated in 1937 obtaining his FRCS in the following year. Ill health prevented him from joining the forces in the second world war. He was

Douglas William Cowley Gawne was born Minneapolis, USA, on 5 September 1906, of Manx parentage. He was educated at King William School, Isle of Man, and later went up to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and to St Bartholomew's Hospital. He qualified MB BCh in 1932. After several house appointm

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

Freddy Durbin was born in Ealing on 23 January 1913, the son of Frederick William Durbin, a farmer and grocer, and Florence Albertine, née James. From the Merchant Taylors' School he went to St Thomas's Hospital, where he won the William Tite scholarship in anatomy and physiology. After basic surgic

Christopher Catterall was born in Middleton, near Manchester, on 5 April 1910. His father, Robert, was a clergyman and his mother was Sarah, née Fielden. His maternal uncle was William Hunter, a physician at Charing Cross. Christopher was educated at Rugby and Trinity College Cambridge, and did his

Alexander Innes was born in Edinburgh on 6 April 1910 the eldest son of Sir Peter D Innes, CBE, then a lecturer in physics at Edinburgh University and subsequently Director of Education in the City of Birmingham, and Maybelle Annie Stewart (née Wright). He was educated at West House School and at Ki

Philip Newman was born in Dovercourt, Essex, on 22 June 1911, the son of a civil servant, John Harker Newman, and his wife Violet Grace, née Williams. He was educated at Cranleigh School and at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London University, where he qualified with the conjoint diploma in