Born 19 November 1893 at Liskeard, Cornwall, the third child and second son of William Huddy, silversmith, and Jessie Ham, his wife. Educated at Liskeard County School and at the London Hospital, where he served as house physician, house surgeon, first surgical assistant, clinical assistant in the g

Born 23 April 1890 at Blackwater farm, Christchurch, New Zealand the seventh son of Peter McEvedy, farmer, and Julia Leahy his wife. He was educated at St Patrick's College, Wellington, NZ, and at Guy's Hospital, qualifying in 1916. From 1916 till 1919 he served during the war in the New Zealand Med

Born on 18 December 1893, in Chungking, China, son of C J Davenport FRCS, Robert Cecil Davenport was educated at Mill Hill School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he qualified in 1916, and then joined the RAMC, serving as a captain in the first world war. After demobilisation he returned to St B

John Basil Hume was born in Whitby on 29 September 1893, and was educated at Bootham School, York. In 1911 he came to St Bartholomew's and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1916. After a house appointment he joined the RAMC and served in East Africa for the rest of the first world war, gaining