Educated at King's College, London, he practised in Kathiawar, India before joining the Indian Medical Service in 1934; in the Service he rose to the rank of Colonel. Later he practised at New Delhi. He died in 1973 aged about seventy.

Joel Gabe was educated at King's College, London, and the Westminster Hospital and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1925 and graduated MB BS in 1927, gaining the Fellowship in 1931. After junior posts at St Paul's Hospital and at the Royal Northern Hospital, he specialized in urology and wa

Walter Stanley Chapman studied medicine at University College Hospital, qualified MB BS in 1926 and was awarded an MD in 1932. He was appointed resident surgical officer to Bolingbroke Hospital and surgeon to the Worthing Hospital Group. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. During the s

Arthur Edgar De Chazal qualified in medicine from University College Hospital in 1927 and became a Fellow of the College in 1930. He was house physician to University College Hospital before moving to the Mauritius Military Hospital in Floreal, Mauritius, where he was appointed medical specialist. H

Alec McMillan was born at Brierley Hill, Staffordshire on 14 August 1900. Little is known of his career until he was commissioned in the regular army in 1928. He served in India and China before crossing to France with the BEF in 1939. He was safely evacuated at Dunkirk and then returned overseas to

Born 29 August 1903, eldest child of William Bolton, a bespoke tailor, and his wife née Worswick, he was educated at Manchester Grammar School and University, and was resident surgical officer at Ancoats Hospital and at Stockport Infirmary, to which he afterwards became consulting surgeon. He served

Howard Livingstone Peake was born in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, on 16 December 1901, the fourth child of George Henry Peake FRCS (Edinburgh) and Agnes Martha, née Fredoux. He was educated at Bournemouth Secondary School and Guy's Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1925 and after serving as hous

Frederick James Theodore Foenander was born in Colombo on 22 September 1898, the only son of Dr F V Foenander, a provincial surgeon in the Department of Medical and Sanitary Services. He was educated at St Thomas's College, Colombo, and entered Ceylon Medical College in 1918. In 1921 he entered the

Born in London, 24 July 1900, the second child and only son of Henry Halifax Wells and Catharine Elmes, his wife. He was educated at Elston School, Bedford, and at Trent College, Nottingham. He received his medical training at Charing Cross Hospital, where he served as resident casualty officer, hou

Rudolph Wiener was born on 18 February 1901 at Capetown, South Africa, the son of Frederick Kilgour Wiener, a company director; his mother, Dorothea Jourdan, was the daughter of a predikant in the Dutch Reformed Church, and he was the third son of a family of seven. Wiener was educated at Rondebo

Born at Melbourne, Victoria on 21 June 1898, the third child and second son of Siegfried Lazarus, importer, and his wife and cousin Regina. Lazarus was educated at Melbourne Grammar School, and after graduating at the University of Melbourne came to England. Here he acted as resident medical officer

Ralph Marshall Bates was born in 1902. He was educated at Plymouth College and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma at the London Hospital, where he held several resident appointments. He was a first assistant to Sir Hugh Cairns, the neurosurgeon, and was also a member of the Middle Temple. He spent