Born on 18 November 1887, son of a well know solicitor at Brighton and grandson of the headmaster of Brighton College, he was educated at Brighton College, Christ's College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Hospital. After qualification he was house surgeon to Sir Anthony Bowlby at St Bartholomew's an

Born on 21 June 1888 the son of John Lionel Stretton MRCS 1881, surgeon to the Kidderminster Infirmary, and his wife Lucy Houghton; his grandfather Samuel Stretton MRCS 1854 was appointed surgeon to the Infirmary in 1856, and the three generations thus served for ninety-six years, he was educated at

Born in Australia in 1887 he completed his education in England by going up to Caius College, Cambridge and, then, for his clinical training to St Bartholomew's Hospital where he qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1913 and held a house appointment as resident anaesthetist. On the outbreak of

John Arkle was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 28 July 1890 and was educated at St George's Private School at Gosforth. Subsequently he went to Edinburgh with a view to becoming an actuary, but after 12 months left Edinburgh to study medicine at Durham University. Arkle was a brilliant student and

Kenneth Holl Macmillan was born on February 3 1891 in Lee, S.E. London, the eldest son of John W McMillan, a banker, and his wife, Florence. His younger brother became a chest physician. Always an individualist he, alone of his family, decided to change the spelling of his name from that on his dipl

Margaret Mary Basden was born in Nottingham on 3 April 1886, she was the daughter of Hope, née Figgis, and Duncan Frederick Basden who was a chartered accountant. The family moved to Hampstead while she was still a young child and she attended King Alfred's School. There was a medical tradition i

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

Born on 4 January 1889 at Selborne, Dudley, Worcestershire, the fourth child and third son of Arthur George Hooper, solicitor, and his wife Fanny, daughter of the Rev Joseph Shillito, of Lozells Chapel, Birmingham. He was educated at Mill Hill School 1903-07, and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; wher

Born in Hong Kong, Woo qualified from the Middlesex Hospital in 1913. He was particularly interested in gynaecology, and was house surgeon and assistant to Victor Bonney at the Middlesex and at the Chelsea Hospital for Women. During this time he designed the Reverdin-Woo needle. He served in a mi

Born 1 November 1889 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, the fifth child and fourth son of Ralph Hindmarsh, house and estate agent, and his wife, *née* Daglish. He was educated at Newcastle Royal Grammar School and Newcastle Medical School, graduating with honours in 1911. At the Royal Victoria Infirmary he was h

Vernon Pennell was born in Lincoln on 30 September 1889, the eldest son of Charles Waldegrave Pennell, a seed merchant, and Jessie Folkes. After education at Harrow School, with an exhibition to Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1908 and a scholarship in the following year, he secured a first class in

Arthur Oliver Gray was born on 19 February 1889 at Gateshead and was educated at Barnard Castle School and Durham University. He wanted to be an engineer, like his father, but it was thought that he was not robust enough for this. The family was not well off and no grants were then available, but Gr