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

Born on 5 May 1904 at Richmond, Surrey, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, then still at the Charterhouse, EC, and at University College Hospital, where he served as house physician to T R Elliott, FRS, house surgeon to Gwynne Williams, FRCS, and resident medical officer. After a period as

Richard Maliphant was born in Merthyr Tydfil on 17 January 1900, the second son of Richard Maliphant, an official in the Cyfartha steel works, and of Mary Morgan, daughter of a coal merchant. He was educated at Cyfartha Secondary School and went straight into the RNVR where he served in 1917-1918 as