Donald McIntosh received his medical education at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying MB ChB there in 1936, and was awarded the University's MD in 1942. He gained the Edinburgh Fellowship in 1939 and the English Fellowship in 1947. During the second world war he served in the RAMC with the rank

Geoffrey Darke qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1937, and after house appointments joined the RAMC where he was mentioned in despatches in 1940 and 1945. After the war he continued his training at Bristol Royal Infirmary, the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and St Bartholomew's, where he

Arthur Naylor was born in Hoyland, near Barnsley, on 28 September 1912, the son of Albert Naylor, a colliery underground manager, and Louisa Armitage, the daughter of a miner. He was educated at Barnsley Grammar School and did his medical education at Sheffield, where he obtained first class honours

Walter Charles Gledhill was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Northampton General Hospital. He was born on 10 February 1907 in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, the youngest son of Humphrey John Gledhill, a master painter, and Lucy Ann Skinner. He was educated at Fort Street Boys High School, Sydne

Aubrey York Mason, one of the many South Africans to distinguish themselves in British medicine, came late to the Royal College of Surgeons but gave loyal service to it in a succession of roles throughout his consultant career. He was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, on 9 February 1910

Robert Roaf was a distinguished orthopaedic surgeon and one of the few remaining pre-war Himalayan climbers. He was born into a Canadian academic family in Golders Green, London, on 25 April 1913, the second son of Herbert Eldon Roaf, professor of physiology at Liverpool, and Beatrice Sophia, the da

John Shepherd was born in Edinburgh on 11 May 1913, the son of a schoolmaster, Frederick Peter Shepherd, and his wife Christina, née Brackenridge. He was educated at George Watson's College and Kelso Collge, and went with a scholarship to St Andrew's. He qualified in 1936 and did his house jobs in h

Maurice Ewing, first professor of surgery at Melbourne University, was born in Edinburgh on 6 July 1912, the youngest of four sons of Thomas Miller Ewing, master mariner, who, like his father and grandfather, was a captain in the Northern Lighthouse Service, and his wife Annabel Rossie. He was educa