David Vincent Evans was born on 27 December 1920 and studied medicine at the London Hospital, taking the MB BS in 1944 and the FRCS in 1948. After house appointments at the Royal Free Hospital and the London Hospital he became senior surgical registrar at the London, and held a similar post at Guy's

John Victor Ellis qualified MD from Cornell University in 1943 and continued his studies at University College, London, where he qualified MB BS in 1945. He was resident surgeon in neurosurgery at Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, and then became resident surgical officer to Worthing Hospit

George Clifford Jennings graduated in New Zealand and during the second world war he served as a regimental medical officer in the Western Desert. At Sidi Rezegh he was blown up by a land mine and was captured and transferred to Italy where he spent a very difficult time as a prisoner of war till he

Noel Curtis Newton was born on 28 June 1917 at Ashfield, Sydney, Australia. His father was a pharmacist. He was educated at St Joseph's College and Sydney University. He qualified in 1941. He had poliomyelitis at the age of three years, which left him partly paralysed in one leg, and prevented him f

John Alan Carr studied medicine at Durham University and King's College Hospital in London. He held posts at the Stockport Infirmary, the Grimsby and District General Hospital and St Peter's and St Paul's Hospitals in London. He was surgical registrar to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-

Robert Cohen was born in Liverpool on 18 April 1914, the only son of Leslie Cohen, director of a furniture company, and Rebecca, née Levy. He was educated at Liverpool College and the University of Liverpool Medical School where he distinguished himself in athletics and rugby football, representi

No information is available about Leo Charles McCarthy beyond that contained in issues of the *New Zealand Medical Register*. He qualified MB, ChB New Zealand in 1939, obtained the Fellowship of the College in 1948 and that of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1951, and that at some time

Victor Cumberland qualified in Sydney and came to England after the war to specialise in surgery. Having passed the final FRCS he returned to Sydney to become honorary assistant surgeon to the Royal North Shore Hospital and surgeon to St Joseph's Hospital, Auburn. He died on 20 April 1997.

Herbert Dales was born in Lisburn, County Antrim, on 17 October 1919. His father was Samuel Hugh Dales, a mill manager. His mother was Muriel Gertrude née Calvert. He was educated at Campbell College, Belfast, and went on to Queen's University Belfast to study medicine. There he won scholarships in

Reginald Shaw was born on 23 June 1908 in Leytonstone, he was the son of Ernest Thomas Henry Shaw, a telegraphist, and Alice Fry Newman, daughter of a sea-captain. From Davies Lane Elementary School in Leytonstone he went to Raine's Foundation School in Stepney before doing a B Com Degree at the Cit

Little is known of the life of Isaac William Ball. Having qualified at Manchester in 1937 he served during the second world war as a Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander in the RNVR. He held posts at the Christie Cancer Hospital, Manchester, and the Manchester Royal Infirmary and was a demonstrator in anato

After the war Alan Johnson came to England to specialise in surgery and returned to Taupo, New Zealand after he had passed the FRCS in 1948. He died on 10 January 1995.