Guy Lawrence Thompson was born in Scarborough on 26 October 1897, the son of a local practitioner. He was educated at Winchester College and served in the Royal Field Artillery in the first world war. On demobilization he went to Trinity College Cambridge and took his BA in 1920, and then went to th

Norman Lewis White, the son of a chemist, was born on 8 September 1898, at Waterford, Ireland. He was educated at Leighton Park School and St John's College, Cambridge, before entering University College Hospital Medical School in 1921 with a Goldsmid Scholarship. On qualifying he was house physicia

John Maxwell was born in 1895 at Brooklands, Wairuna, South Otago, New Zealand. His father John Clarke was a farmer, and his mother was Elizabeth Ann Irvine. He went to Otago Boys High School, Dunedin and to Otago University where he qualified in 1920, achieving distinction in obstetrics and gynaeco

Charles Athelstane Lupton was born on 17 April 1897. His great-grandfather was Thomas Michael Greenhow of Newcastle-upon-Tyne who was one of the first to excise a carious os calcis and one of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons. He was educated at Wellington College. After trai

The following was published in volume 7 of Plarr's Lives of the Fellows John Lewin was born in London on 8 August 1901 and educated at Southend Grammar School and Guy's Hospital qualifying in 1923. He held house appointments at Guy's Hospital before being appointed resident surgical officer at Ly

Gladys Hill was a distinguished obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Royal Free Hospital. She was born in Crewe on 28 September 1894, the only child of Arthur Hill, a solicitor, and Caroline, daughter of the Reverend Danby. Her father died when she was only 11, but he had imbued her with a sense of

Alfred Stuart Howard Walford, the only child of Howard Joseph Walford, a stockbroker, and his wife, Lucy, was born in London on 22 November 1899. After education at Clifton College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, he went on to St Thomas's Hospital where he qualified in 1923. During casual

Arthur Reginald Lister was born in Totteridge, north of London, on 4 April 1895 into a distinguished medical family. Lord Lister was his great-uncle, his father, Sir William Lister, and his cousin, Arthur Lister, were well-known eye surgeons, and one of his brothers was a consultant physician at Ply

Thomas Vibert Pearce was born on 26 March 1900 and educated at Newport Grammar School, Isle of Wight. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service and became a pilot. Eighteen months later he entered St Thomas's and in 1923 graduated MB BS. Resident appointments followed at St Thomas'

John Roberts was born in Liverpool on 22 August 1901, the son of Robert Griffith Roberts, a builder, and his wife Margaret, née Thomas. He was educated at the Liverpool Institute. He qualified MB, ChB with second class honours in 1923, having obtained the Gee Fellowship and the Kanthack Medal. He wa

Harvey Jackson was born on 16 October 1900 and educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He studied medicine at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School and qualified with the Conjoint examination in 1923. One of his obituarists states that he had qualified in dental surgery and suppor

Norman Jory was born at Lawrence, New Zealand, on 27 July 1896; he studied in Auckland and took a BSc degree in 1916. He then joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and served in France as a Lieutenant in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. On demobilization he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital Me