Henry James Drew-Smythe was born at Northampton on 1 June 1891, the first child of Frank Thompson Smythe and Ada (née Drew). He was educated at Taunton School and Bristol University where he won the gold medal in his final year at the Medical School. After resident appointments at Bristol General an

Ranald Montague Handfield-Jones was born in Wandsworth, London, on 12 May 1892. His father was a doctor and his mother the daughter of a doctor. His grandfather was MD FRCS, FRS and an uncle was MD FRCP. He was educated at Weymouth Grammar School and Epsom College. He entered St Mary's Hospital Medi