Caroline Lessington-Smith was an ENT surgeon at King’s College Hospital, London. Born Caroline van Dorp on 25 May 1918, she was the daughter of a Dutch pastor based in London. She qualified at the London School of Medicine for Women in 1941 and, choosing ENT as a career, she became senior registrar

William Richard McKechnie was an ENT surgeon in New Zealand. He was born on 31 October 1906 in Koiterangi (now Kowhitirangi) on the west coast of New Zealand, the son of Charlie, a marine engineer, and Jean, a hotelier. He was educated at Timaru Secondary High School, and then went on to study medic

Kenneth Roddie was an ENT consultant surgeon in Bristol. He was born in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, on 30 August 1923, the son of John Richard Wesley, a Methodist minister, and Mary Hill Wilson. The family had a strong medical tradition – over three generations there were 23 doctors,

The son of a well-known dentist in Boulogne. He became a student at St George's Hospital in 1851, studied at Heidelberg, and after qualifying was appointed one of the Surgeons of the West London Hospital, Hammersmith, on its foundation in 1856. He had only held this post a short time, as well as tha

Born in 1876, the second son of James Connolly, of Putney. He was educated at the Royal Academical Institution and at Queen's College, Belfast, whence he went on to the University of Edinburgh. He received his professional training at the University and Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and al

Rusie Rustomjee, an ENT surgeon, practised medicine for 75 years, starting in Colombo, Ceylon and finally retiring in Australia at the age of 89. He was born in Colombo on 9 November 1912 one of the six children of Cowasjee Rustomjee, whom he described as a merchant, and his wife Piroja née Mistry.

Cyril Isaac Woolf was an ear, nose and throat surgeon in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was born in the East End of London, into an orthodox Jewish family, the eldest of three sons of Adolph Woolf and Regina Woolf née Frey. He studied medicine in London, qualifying MB BS in 1952. After house posts,

Born at Totnes, South Devon on 25 December 1856, the second son of John Heath and his wife Rachel Pulling. His father was the proprietor of the "Seven Stars" hotel, an old-established house, situated at the bottom of the town near the Dart. He is described as being a well-known character in Totnes,

James Bryden Blacklay was a consultant ENT surgeon to the South East Kent Health District from 1957 until his retirement in 1981. He worked at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone, with sessions at the Buckland Hospital, Dover, the William Harvey Hospital at Willesborough, Ashford, and the Victor

Born at Clapton, Middlesex, on 30 August 1856, the second child and eldest son of the four boys and four girls born to Charles Alfred Ballance (d 1873), of Taunton, where he had been in business as a government contractor for timber, and his wife Caroline Hendebrouck Pollard. Sir Hamilton Ashley Bal

Born at Bristol, 23 April 1886, the only son of Sir Hartman Just, KCMG, CB, legal adviser to the Colonial Office, and Katherine Frances Rootham, his wife. He was educated at St Paul's School, when F W Walker was high master, from 1898 until 1904, where he was successively capitation scholar and foun

Born 27 July 1890 at Tientsin, North China, the eldest child of David Price Evans, a missionary, and Sarah Wilson, his wife. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Birmingham University, graduating in medicine in 1913. He served in the RAMC during the first world war, and was promo