Born on 4 May 1888, the eldest of the three sons of Edward Alfred Dingley, MD, MRCS, JP, of Wednesbury, Staffordshire, and Emily Habberfield, his wife. The second son John Ralph Dingley, MRCS became medical superintendent of the East Sussex Sanatorium at Robertsbridge. The third son died in infancy.

Born at Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina on 27 August 1888, the son of Dr Michael John Petty, who practised there, he was educated at Prior Park School, Bath and Downing College, Cambridge where he took second class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, part I, 1909. He worked at King's College, L

Born 1 June 1886, the only son of James Cossar Ewart (1851-1933), MD, FRS, for forty-five years (1882-1927) Regius Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh University, and his second wife Edith Sophia, daughter of George Turner, MRCS, of Sherborne, and sister of Sir George R Turner and Edward B Tur

Born on 17 June 1888 at Croydon the eldest son of Henry Morford Mitchiner, a City corn merchant, and Blanche Smith his wife, he was educated at Reigate Grammar School and entered St Thomas's Hospital medical school in 1907 with a science scholarship. He won, as well as many prizes, the Mead and the

Ralph St Leger Brockman was born on 3 June 1889 and trained at Cambridge and St Bartholomew's, qualifying in 1912 with the Conjoint Diploma. During his student career he won several prizes and awards. After house appointments he served as a medical officer in the Royal Navy for five years. On his re

Educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, Edinburgh University, and King's College, London, he was a demonstrator in anatomy at Edinburgh University and held resident posts at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, the Royal Free Hospital, London and St Peter's Hospital for Stone, where he was elected to

Born at 50 Camberwell Road, SE, on 25 April 1882, the eldest son of J Walter Perrin, a City merchant, and Harriet S Savage, his wife. He was educated at Wilson School under Mr McDowell, at Richmond Hill School under Mr Whitbread, and at the City of London School under Mr A T Pollard. On 1 October 19

Charles Harold Crawshaw was born at Ashton-under-Lyne on 25 May, 1887. His father was a medical practitioner. He was educated at Oundle and Christ's College, Cambridge, and did his clinical training at Manchester and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He graduated BA Cambridge 1909; MRCS LRCP 1912; MB ChB M

Educated at Cardiff, the Westminster and St Bartholomew's Hospitals, he qualified in 1912 and served as house surgeon at the Westminster Hospital. On the outbreak of war he was commissioned in the RAMC and served until 1918. He then settled in practice at Croydon, took the Fellowship in 1921 and was

John Hawkes Pendered was born on 7 September 1888 at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Wellingborough School and Caius College, Cambridge where he gained first class honours in the Natural Science Tripos in 1909. He then proceeded to the London Hospital where he did well in all hi