Born at Dunbunraver, Newtownstewart, Co Tyrone on 3 September 1891, the eldest child of John Hamilton McKelvey and Sarah Dunn Leitch, his wife. He was educated at the Academy, Omagh, Co Tyrone, at the University of Edinburgh, and in London at St Mary's and Guy's Hospitals. In 1913 he was awarded the

Born 27 July 1891 at Clifton Hill, Maida Vale, London, the third child of Herbert Augustus Oldershaw, solicitor, and his wife *née* Godrich. He was educated at the Brighton Technical College and at University College Hospital. At the Hospital he gained the Bucknill scholarship in 1913, and served as

John Grieve Whitaker was born in 1895, the son of a doctor who qualified in Belfast, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Grieve, was of Scottish descent. His father died when John was eight years old, and the family then moved to Canterbury, a suburb of Melbourne, where he was educated a

John Hamilton Barclay was born on 19 January 1887 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the son of John Cairns Barclay and his wife Janet, née Hamilton. He started his career in 1906 at the newly-opened Royal Victoria Infirmary, graduating MB BS with honours in 1911 and obtaining the MRCS LRCP in the same year. A

Born on 6 January 1874 at Ware, second child and eldest son of Millice Culpin LRCP & SEd, and Hannah Munsey his wife. He was educated at the Grocers Company's School, where he acquired his life-long interest in entomology. His father emigrated to Taringa, Queensland, Australia in search of health an

Born at Histon, Cambridge on 11 May 1883, the son of Wright Graves, a veterinary surgeon, and the grandson of the founder of the firm of Chivers, food and preserve manufacturers, he received his education at the Perse School, Cambridge, and the Royal Veterinary College, London. He was encouraged to

Reginald (Rex) Salisbury Woods was born in Dulwich on 15 October 1891, the son of Henry Thomas Woods. His mother, Lilian, was the sister of Frank Salisbury CVO, LLD, the portrait painter. He entered Dulwich College in 1906 at the age of fourteen and in his last year was senior school prefect as well