John Richard Kenyon, known as ‘Ian’, was a former consultant vascular surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. His father, who was a general practitioner in Glasgow, died when Ian was just 13. His mother had been a Queen Alexandra nursing sister on various hospital ships during the Gallipoli campa

Donald Stuart Kidd was born on May 13, 1920, the third child and second son of Philip Kidd, engineer and his wife Alice, nee Trueman. He was educated at Lefton, NSW, North Sydney Boys' School and Sydney University where he studied medicine. After qualifying MB BS in 1941 he joined the RAAF and serve

Roland Hart was born in Pakistan on 22 July 1919 and there he spent his early years. He was educated in England at the Thames Valley School and then at Alleyn's School where he developed a great interest in botany. He became a scholar at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he read a natural science t

Charles Peter Mills was born in Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire and studied medicine at Guy's Hospital for which he also played rugby. After graduating with honours at London University in 1948 he held house appointments at Guy's and, after a period of national service in the RAF obtained the FRCS

William Gordon Davidson was a senior consultant surgeon at Southland Hospital, New Zealand. He was born in Dunedin on 18 February 1916, and educated at Otago Boys High School, where he was dux and won the university entrance scholarship to Otago University. He qualified in 1940, with distinctions in

William Plunkett Crone was born on 23 March 1919, in London, the second child and first son of William Crone, a civil servant and secretary to the Northern Ireland Government Board of Trade. His mother was Mary Jane, née Plunkett. His early education was at the Methodist College, Belfast. He entered

Bruce Speight was a consultant ophthalmologist at Grimsby General Hospital. He was born on 19 February 1911 in Dunedin, New Zealand, where his father Walter was a merchant. His mother was Anna née Borrows. He was educated at Otago Boys' High School and Otago University, qualifying in 1935. After jun

Jack Mitchell Hay was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 22 October 1920, the youngest child of Mr Justice Hay. His early education was at Hutt Valley Boys' High School and Victoria University College where he initially studied law for a year before proceeding to Otago University to study medicine,

John Stewart Groves was a consultant ophthalmologist in the Coventry area. He was born in Harrogate on 23 August 1921, the son of Olive and John Arthur Groves. His mother was a teacher and his father a professional soldier. He did his medical training in Leeds, qualifying in 1943, and entered the Ar

Kenneth Sinclair Elphinstone Macrae was born on 6 August 1914. He was the second child and first son of Kenneth William Duncan Macrae, MB ChB Edinburgh, a general practitioner in Rainford for 51 years, and of Isabel Marion Duncan Macrae (née Adams). He was educated at Ormskirk Grammar School and the

Born in Rio de Janeiro on 12 May 1911 the son of missionaries, Charles Sergel was educated at Monkton Coombe School and Clare College, Cambridge, where he gained a rowing blue and became President of the University Boat Club and rowed in the Olympics of 1932. He did his clinical training at St Mary'

Harry Clifford Jones was born at Gateshead, County Durham, on 10 November 1925 and graduated MB BS from King's College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 1948. After appointments at Ashington and national service in the Royal Air Force he became registrar in orthopaedic surgery at Hexham General Hospital. In