Born on 4 May 1896 and educated at Aberdeen University, after qualification in 1920 he was appointed senior house surgeon at the Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, and then casualty officer, resident medical officer and registrar at Great Ormond Street. After this he became a general practitioner surgeon in

Leslie Morris was born on 23 June 1900, the son of the headmaster of the school in Ashton-under-Lyne where he was educated. For the medical course he went to Manchester University where he graduated MB ChB in 1923, taking the Conjoint Diploma in 1924. In 1925 he obtained the FRCS and then held a ser

Robert Harris was born in Toronto on 1 July 1889, and was educated at the High School, North Bay, and the University of Toronto, where he graduated MB in 1915 and immediately joined the Army. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1915 and a bar to the Military Cross a year later. In August 1917 he wa

Frank Wild Holdsworth was born in Bradford on 22 September 1904, and was educated at Bradford Grammar School and Downing College, Cambridge, proceeding to St George's Hospital in 1926. He became a Fellow of the College in 1930, and obtained the Cambridge degrees of MB BCh in 1934 and MCh in 1935.

Cecil Joseph Digan Langton was born on 17 March 1907, and educated at St Aloysius College, Sydney. He graduated MB BS from Sydney University in 1933, and then became a resident medical officer at Lewisham Hospital, Sydney, of which he was Medical Superintendent from 1934-5. In 1936 he came to Englan

Wiles was born on 17 August 1899 the only son, with two sisters, of Thomas Wiles, chairman of Joseph Wiles and Son Ltd, corn-merchants of Mark Lane in the City of London. Thomas Wiles was a successful business-man and an active Liberal politician. He became Chairman of the London Corn Exchange, the

James Kennedy Elliott was born on 24 August 1908 and was educated at Wellington College, New Zealand, coming over to Edinburgh for his medical course and graduating MB BCh in 1932. He took the FRCS England in 1934, and after returning to New Zealand the FRACS in 1938. Having been a keen Territori

Born in Birmingham on 18 December 1900, son of George Owen Donovan, an electrical engineer, and Mabel Smith, Thomas Smith Donovan was educated at King Edward VI School, Aston, and King Edward School, Birmingham. He graduated MB ChB Birmingham in 1924. He was house surgeon, house physician and reside

Born at Newcastle, New South Wales, in 1903, he was educated at St Joseph's College and studied medicine at Sydney University, graduating in 1926. He was house surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for one year and at the Prince Henry Hospital for a further year, before he entered private prac

Born on 18 July 1900, the son of John William and Eileen MacFarland from Northern Ireland, he spent nearly the whole of his life in Liverpool and was educated at Wallasey Grammar School and Liverpool University where he qualified in 1922. From 1922 to 1925 he held a series of resident appointments a

Educated at Glasgow University where he graduated in 1931, he held appointments at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London and the General Hospital, Birmingham. During the second world war MacGowan was an orthopaedic specialist in the RAF, and after the war he settled in York as an orthop

Timbrell Fisher was born at Bristol on 1 November 1887 the second son of Canon W H Fisher. He was educated at Clifton College, Bristol University, and St Bartholomew's Hospital qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1911. He was a house officer at Bristol General Hospital and demonstrator of surgic