Michael Robert Peacock, born in the North of England in 1939 was educated at Repton School and the University of Liverpool, qualifying in 1963. Shortly afterwards he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and became interested in otorhinolaryngology. He passed the DLO in 1968 and the FRCS five years la

Neville Gill was born in Naini Tal, India, on 4 October 1918, the son of Eric Henry Neville Gill, who was in the Indian Civil Service, and Kathleen Beryl, née Gregory. He was sent home to preparatory school in Eastbourne and then to King's School, Canterbury. He trained at the Middlesex Hospital, wi

James Ivor Griffiths was born in Tredegar on 26 December 1901, the son of James Evan Griffiths and Naomi, née Morgan. He was awarded a scholarship to the University of Wales in Cardiff where he graduated BSc in 1921. He won an open scholarship to University College Hospital, qualifying MRCS, LRCP in

Kenneth John Hadley was born in Birmingham in 1925 and after early education entered the University of Birmingham to study physics, graduating with first class honours in 1946. He then worked in the medical physics department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital and during this time became interested in a me

Charles Hamblen-Thomas was born on 25 March 1887 at Paignton, Devon, the eldest child of Charles Kaines Thomas, a civil engineer, and Evelyn Hamblen. He was educated at Glengorse School, Eastbourne, before entering St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1914 and after house appoin

Barrie Pedder Scrivener, or 'Baz', was a distinguished otolaryngologist based in Sydney. He was born at Mount Irvine in the Blue Mountains on 3 August 1927. His father, Percy Pedder Scrivener, was town clerk at Katoomba, and had won the Military Cross at Gallipoli. His grandfather, Charles Scrivener

Kenneth Lennox Wilson, the son of the Rt Rev Cecil Wilford Wilson, Anglican Bishop of Middleton, and of Winifred Marion Wilson (née McCall), was born at Bath, Somerset, on 11 October 1918. He was educated at Sedbergh Preparatory School, Marlborough College and Christ's College, Cambridge, before ent

Evelyn Cecil Naylor Strong was born in Birmingham in 1901, the son of a dentist who intended him to follow in his footsteps. Accordingly he enrolled as a student at Mason College, Birmingham, but after completing the three year dental course he continued training to become a doctor; to support himse

Stephen Creighton Suggit was born in Slingsby, Yorkshire, on 11 September 1909, the son of Dr Bertram Suggit MB, ChB Leeds, DPH, senior resident medical officer to the Public Dispensary, Leeds, and his wife Agnes Isabella, née Baker. His early education was at Bedford School, after which he enter

Malcolm Haydon-Baillie was born in Sunderland on 27 August 1906, the elder son of Dr Thomas Cleghorn Baillie, DSc, principal of a technical college and Lily Christine Haydon. He was educated at Whitgift Grammar School and St Edmund's College, Ware, before entering King's College, London, and King's

Herbert Naughton Baylis was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Salford group of hospitals. He was born in Glasgow on 20 January 1925, the son of Herbert Ledbrooke Baylis, an engineer, and Winifred Louise Buchanan. He was educated at Dame Alice Owen's School, Islington, and the London Hospital. After ju

Harry Beagley qualified at the University of Otago in 1946 and came to England to specialise in ENT surgery. He returned to Auckland as a consultant ENT surgeon, but came back to London as a consultant otologist at the Nuffield Hearing and Speech Centre of the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hosp