Born 11 April 1878 in a legal family he was educated at Highgate School. He had his clinical training at King's College Hospital, then still in Clare Market behind the Royal College, and served as a house surgeon there and at the Royal Free Hospital. He joined the Sudan Medical Service in 1907 wh

Born in 1880 the son of Frank Barling FRCVS and nephew of Professor Sir Gilbert Barling FRCS, who served on the College Council 1904-12, he was educated at Birmingham University, qualified through the Conjoint Board, graduated in the University of London, and was a house surgeon at Great Ormond Stre