Douglas Compton Taylor was educated at University College, London, and qualified from University College Hospital in 1906 with the Conjoint Diploma and the London MB, BS. He was house surgeon and casualty officer at University College Hospital, and took the FRCS in 1913. During the first world wa

Born at Carmarthen on 29 May 1879, son of John Davies a ship's captain and his wife Mary Evans of Fishguard, he won a scholarship in natural science to University College, Cardiff, and took his medical training at St Mary's Hospital, London, where he won the Meadows prize in obstetrics and served as

Hamilton Ellis Quick was born in Sydney on 13 November 1882, and when he was 18 months old was brought over to Swansea where he spent most of the rest of his active life. He went to Swansea Grammar School and then to the Royal College of Science, South Kensington where he graduated BSc in 1902. His

Born on 19 August 1875, the eldest of the three children of Samuel Daw and his wife, *née* Davy; he was educated privately. Daw qualified at the age of thirty from the medical school of Guy's Hospital, where he then served as resident surgical officer. After serving as resident surgical officer and

Born at Walsall on 18 July 1883 the eldest child and only son of George Mills, ironmaster, afterwards of Great Barr, Staffordshire, and his wife M E Kettlewell of Howden, whose daughter married Seymour Barling FRCS, he was educated at Harrow and at the Birmingham medical school, but graduated with h

Born 7 February 1882 at Cawsand, Cornwall, the second child and eldest son of William Henry Trethowan, grocer, and his wife, *née* Hutchings. He was educated at Devonport High School and at the Plymouth Technical College. He entered Guy's Hospital in 1901, after gaining the junior entrance scholarsh

Born on 8 June 1882, the son of a solicitor, he was educated at Bradfield College and Guy's Hospital Medical School, which he entered in 1900, and graduated in 1906 with honours. After holding the usual house appointments he was surgical registrar at Guy's in 1908, and then decided to specialise in

Born on 2 October 1884 at Hazlemere, Woodside Park, Finchley, the fifth child and third son of Alfred Charles Stebbing, merchant, and Elizabeth Elstob, his wife. He was educated at Emanuel School, Wandsworth Common and at Guy's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon and out-patients officer, aft

Born on 2 September 1882 son of Charles Page of Oxton, Cheshire, he was educated at Westminster School and St Thomas's Hospital, where he had a brilliant career as student and athlete, gaining the Musgrove Scholarship for 1902-04, the Beaney Scholarship in 1907-08, the Cheselden medal, the Bristowe