Geoffrey Gurner Wyllie was born in Adelaide on 16 May 1923 the second son of Kenneth Robert Wyllie and Maude Hoban (née Gurner). He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, before entering the medical faculty of the University of Adelaide and the Royal Adelaide Hospital, qualifying in 1946. His

William James Lytle was born on 27 September 1896 at Maghera, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland. His father, Thomas Alexander Lytle was a farmer, his mother, Mary Jane (née Moore) the daughter of a farmer, and his uncle was a general practitioner. He was educated at Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt

Denis Nash was a surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He was born on 10 February 1913 and educated at Dulwich College. He went on to study medicine at Bart's, where he won several scholarships and prizes, and qualified in 1935. After junior posts he became chief assistant in surgery at Bart

Little is known about Kathleen Frith, who qualified at the Royal Free Hospital in 1946. She subsequently trained in surgery, taking her FRCS diploma in 1952 and becoming a surgical registrar at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Later she was appointed senior surgical registrar at the Hospital for Sick Chil

Arnold Katz was born on 10 September 1920 in the town of Benoni in the East Rand, the eldest son of Abe and Anne Katz. His parents were expatriate Lithuanian Jews, and his father was a businessman in the import and export trade, who later moved to Cape Town. Both his parents died at an early age and

Nicholas Eric Dudley was a general and paediatric surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Born on 28 December 1938, he studied medicine at London University and trained at Bart’s Hospital, qualifying MB MS in 1963. Passing the conjoint examination in that same year he did house jobs at the

George Gordon Bruce was born at Aberdeen on 25 August 1891. He was educated at Fordyce Academy and Aberdeen University and was awarded the Keith Gold Medal in surgery, graduating MB ChB Aberdeen in 1915. He then served as a Captain RAMC in France and the Dardanelles and was mentioned in dispatches i

Stewart Young Feggetter was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 10 April 1908, the son of William Feggetter, a ship broker, and his wife Amelia, née Young. After early education at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he entered the University of Durham for medical studies. His brother, George,

Born on 23 May 1905 in Bristol, Trevor Hellier Berrill was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Bristol University where he graduated MB, ChB in 1938, obtaining the Conjoint Diploma in the same year. He held resident appointments at Bristol Royal Infirmary and the Royal Northern Hospital and in 19

Anthony Frederick Hunter was born in Blackheath, London, and at the age of two emigrated to New Zealand with his parents, both of whom died during his childhood. He was then brought up by an aunt and uncle and educated at Mount Albert Grammar School, King's College, and the University of Otago Medic

Professor Jannie Louw was born on 26 May 1915 in Middleburg, South Africa, the son of a schoolmaster who later became a school inspector. He was educated at Rondebosch High School in Cape Town and the University of Cape Town Medical School, where he graduated in 1938 with distinction. After junior a

George Bunton, who came from a family which had distinguished itself in the medical profession through three generations, enjoyed a rewarding career in general and paediatric surgery. He was born in Deal, Kent, on 23 April 1920, the son of Surgeon Captain Christopher Bunton RN and his wife, Emma (ne