Born on St David's Day 1883 in Rhymney, the third and youngest son of David Rocyn Jones, Arthur came of a family of Welsh bone-setters. His Pembrokeshire great-grandfather, Thomas Jones, was a farmer with a reputation for treating animals, whose son (1822-1877) and grandson (1847-1915) were bone-set

Born in 1876 in Oldham, Lancashire, David Wylie was educated at Manchester Grammar School and University, winning the surgical clinical prize in 1897 and qualifying in 1898 with first class honours. After two years in resident posts at the Royal Infirmary he served as a civil surgeon in the Boer war

Born at Llechwyd Farm, Towyn on 27 September 1874, the second child of John Rowlands, farmer, and Elizabeth Pugh, his wife. His parents died when he was five years old and his upbringing was supervised by trustees and his elder brother, Richard Pugh Rowlands. He was educated at Dolgelly Grammar Scho

Born on 20 March 1872, the third child and second son of William George Pearson, civil engineer, and his wife Emma Hind, he was educated at University College School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he won the Harvey prize and served as house surgeon and ophthalmic house surgeon. He graduated in

Born on 5 April 1880 at Memphis, Tennessee, USA, the second of the three sons of Robert Woolfenden, cotton merchant, and Sarah Smith, his wife. He was educated at Bickerton House School, Birkdale, and then entered the Liverpool Medical School, where he had a brilliant career as an undergraduate, bec

Born on 4 July 1890 at West Hartlepool, Durham, where his father Thomas George Ainsley (MRCS 1877, MD Durham) was in practice. His mother's maiden name was Hill. He was educated at Malvern College, at Caius College, Cambridge, where he took second-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, part 1

Born in January 1903 in Melbourne the son of the Rev Thomas Robinson, he received his early education at St Paul's School, at that time associated with the Cathedral, where he was a chorister and acquired his knowledge and love of music. He then proceeded to All Saints School and Melbourne Grammar S

Born on 19 August 1874 the son of William Roderick of Llanelly and nephew of a general practitioner in that town, he was educated at Bath College, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St George's Hospital, where he was house physician and house surgeon and later surgical registrar. In 1900 he went back t

Born on 6 June 1890 at Cardiff, the son of Charles William Marshall and Mary Jennings, he was educated at Cardiff High School and studied medicine at Charing Cross Hospital where he gained a University Scholarship in 1909. He graduated in 1912 with honours in medicine, pathology and forensic medi

James Rudd Ratcliffe was born on 5 October 1899 in the Cape Province, South Africa, the son of a stock farmer who was killed in the Boer war within a few months of his birth. His mother was distinguished for her bravery in nursing the wounded during the siege of Ladysmith. He went to school in South

Born 3 December 1882 the second of three brothers he was educated at Harrow and King's College, Cambridge, where he was a scholar and was placed in the first division of the second class in the Classical Tripos, part I, 1905. He rowed for his college and was captain of the University swimming team.

Born on 12 March 1887 the son of Alexander Noble and Margaret Paterson his wife, he was educated at Edinburgh University and University College, London. He held resident posts at Leith, Greenwich, and Queen Charlotte's Hospital, and served in France during the first world war. He took the Fellowship