Currie was born on 16 June 1903 in Leeds, the third son of James Irvine Currie, wholesaler clothier, and Florence Emma, née Dixon. His uncle Hugh Currie, a surgeon in Johnannesburg, was at the relief of Ladysmith. An elder brother, Donald Currie, gained his FRCS in 1923. He was educated at Leeds Gra

John ('Jack') Monro was the first son of James Donald Rae Monro, a general practitioner, and his wife Beatrice, née Killey, the daughter of a Liverpool shipowner. He was born on 21 March 1903 and was educated at Highgate School and Epsom College, from where he went to Pembroke College, Cambridge, to

Temple Theodore Stamm, known as 'Tim', was an orthopaedic surgeon at Guy's and at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. He was born on 22 December 1905. His father, Louis Edward Stamm, was a general practitioner in Streatham. His mother was Louise Ethel née Perry. He was educated at Haileybury, b

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

Richard Cory was born in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, the son of Francis, a banana planter and his wife, Annie Allen, nee Seymour. He went to school at Cornwall College in Montego Bay and in 1922 spent one year teaching before entering Bristol University for medical training. He was awarded the Suple Prize,

Gordon Ungley was born on 17 January 1906 in Harringay, North London, the son of Charles Ungley, an accountant and company secretary, and his wife, Grace Daisy Eleanor, née Goody. After a spell at a local school he went as a boarder to Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School in York and from there to me

Alfred Charles Fisher was born on 26 June 1905 in Lurgan, Co Armagh. Both his father and uncle were physicians. When five months old he went with his parents to Northern Rhodesia; en route he was carried over the girders of the uncompleted Victoria Falls bridge before the roadway was put on. He was

Thomas Keith Selfe Lyle was born on 26 December 1903, the son of Herbert Willoughby Lyle FRCS, (see *Lives of the Fellows* 1952-64) and his wife Elizabeth Ada (née Selfe). He was educated at Dulwich College, where he distinguished himself in the school, the OTC and the Rugby XV; at Sidney Sussex Col

William Arthur Elliston (Bill) was born in Ipswich on 4 October 1904. His father, William Rowley Elliston OBE, was a barrister who became Recorder of Great Yarmouth and Mayor of Ipswich and his mother was Ethel Mary, nee Walton. Many of his family had been associated with the medical profession and

Henry Hamilton Stewart was born on 23 August 1904, the son of H A Stewart, a practitioner at Thornton, Bradford. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School, King's College Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital. At Cambridge he was placed in the first class in the Natural Sciences Tripos of 1925. At St

John Barnard Blaikley was born in Finchley on 21 September 1906. His father was a banker and Michael Faraday was his great grand-uncle. He was educated at Christ's College, Finchley, and Guy's Hospital, where he qualified in 1928, taking the FRCS in 1931, the MRCOG in 1933, and the FRCOG in 1944. Af

William Sayle-Creer, the eldest son of William Sayle-Creer, a cashier, and of Rosa (née Veale) was born at Bootle, Lancashire, on 4 June 1903. After early education at Darne School, Ormskirk, he secured a state scholarship to Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, before graduating from Liverpool Univers