Born at Bombay 17 September 1912, son of Jamshedji Dhondy, cashier in Mulla and Mulla, solicitors to the Central Government of India, and Meherbai Shroff, his wife. They were members of the Zoroastrian Parsee community at Dadar, Bombay. He was educated at the Bharda New High School, St Xavier's Coll

Dorothy Knott was born on 15 April 1914. Educated at St Felix School, Southwold and the London School of Medicine for Women she graduated in 1939. After holding resident appointments at the Three Counties Hospital, Arlesley, which was linked with the Royal Free Hospital under the Emergency Medical S

Elmhirst-Baxter was born on 18 December 1915 and was educated at Wellington College and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he won the Wix prize in 1938 for his essay on David Pitcairn. He qualified in 1939, and dropped his second surname by public advertisement. During the war of 1939-45 he served in