Born at Kilkeel, Co Down he received his medical education at Trinity College and the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, the London Hospital, Guy's Hospital and Vienna. Entering the regular Naval Medical Service he reached the rank of Surgeon-Captain and acted as a surgeon at various times at RN Hospitals a

Born at Allahabad on 6 September 1873 the son of the Hon Sir George Knox, afterwards a Judge of the High Court of the North-West Provinces of India, and Katherine Anne Louise Loch his wife, he was educated at Westminster School and entered Caius College, Cambridge in October 1890, but migrated after

Biggar was born at Gateshead and received his medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital; while there he won the junior and senior Platt Scholarships; the Matthew Duncan Prize; the Herbert Prize; the Parkes Memorial Prize; and a silver medal at the first Montefiore Prize. He held a number of r

Educated at Cambridge and at St George's Hospital, where he was house physician and resident obstetric assistant after qualifying in 1923. He proceeded to his Cambridge degrees in 1926, and took the Fellowship in 1932. During the second world war he served with the rank of lieutenant-Colonel in t

The following was published in volume 5 of Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Born at Poona in India on 5 September 1900 son of Denis Collins (afterwards Major-General) RAMC, he was educated at Stoneyhurst College, Pembroke College Cambridge, and King's College Hospital Medical School, whence he qualif

Born on 21 December 1858, he was educated at University College, London and took honours at the final MB examination in 1884. He took the Fellowship in 1885 and was gazetted Surgeon in the Indian Medical Service on the Bengal establishment on 1 October 1885. He was promoted Surgeon-Major in 1897, an

Born on 3 February 1870 second son of Surgeon-Major Augustus Frederick Turner of the 75th and 43rd Regiments of Foot and staff-surgeon, Army Medical Department (Johnston's *Roll of the AMS*, no 5158) and Isabel Archer his wife, he entered St George's Hospital Medical School with a scholarship in 188

Born at Marshalls, Ware, Hertford on 4 April 1874, he was educated at Westminster School and University College, London. On the outbreak of the South African war soon after he had qualified, he joined the Imperial Yeomanry as a trooper and was attached to the newly formed South African Constabulary.

Colonel John Talbot Dunn was director of medical services for the Australian Army. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 8 October 1927, the son of Talbot Lewis Dunn, a doctor, and Leonore Aroha Meyer. In 1954 he was working at the Royal Newcastle Hospital, New South Wales. He then went to

Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Cyril May, formerly medical director-general of the Royal Navy, was born in London on 12 June, 1897, the only child of Robert and Clara May. His father practised as a dental surgeon. After education at South Belgravia Preparatory School and Westminster School he served in th

Alec McMillan was born at Brierley Hill, Staffordshire on 14 August 1900. Little is known of his career until he was commissioned in the regular army in 1928. He served in India and China before crossing to France with the BEF in 1939. He was safely evacuated at Dunkirk and then returned overseas to

David Davison, known as 'DD', was born in Sutton, Surrey on 28 April 1932, the son of Edgar Davison, a Lloyds underwriter, and May, née Mould. He was educated at Sutton High School and the Royal Masonic School in Bushey, where he was head boy in 1950 and an outstanding athlete, winning the All-En