Norman Duggan studied at Manchester University, University College Hospital, London and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was honorary surgeon and surgeon to the orthopaedic department of Worcester Royal Infirmary and also orthopaedic surgeon to the City of Worcester Sanatorium and consulting surgeon to

Bernard Whitchurch Howell had a distinguished career at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School winning a number of prizes and scholarships and qualifying in 1912 with the Conjoint Board Diploma and the MB BS London. In the first world war he was Temporary Captain RAMC attached to the special Milit

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

'Zammy' or 'Zam' as he was known to colleagues and friends was born in Colombia, South America, on 13 January 1887 and came to school in England, to Tonbridge and to Cambridge University. His subsequent medical education was at Guy's Hospital, London, where he qualified in 1912. To his disgust when

Born at Windsor, Nova Scotia he graduated in Arts at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and qualified in medicine and surgery at McGill University, Montreal in 1909, and undertook postgraduate study there. Coming to England for further training he took the Fellowship in 1914, and was commis

Vrasapillai Gabriel was born on 18 December 1885 in the town of Mannar in Northern Ceylon. He came from a well known Northern family who were the hereditary administrators in the day of the British Raj. His father was Mudaliyar V Varsapillai JP, UPM, Adigar of Musale. He was born into a family of tw

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

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

Walter Barham Foley was born at Bridgwater, Somerset, on 18 September 1889, the eldest of six sons of Robert and Sarah Foley. He was educated at Sherborne School, Dorset, 1901-1907, distinguishing himself in athletics and shooting. He entered St Thomas's Hospital in 1907 having gained an entrance sc

Ronald Ogier Ward was born on 6 March 1886, the son of a general practitioner, Dr Allan Ogier Ward, and was educated at Magdalen College School, Queen's College, Oxford, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he qualified in 1912 and took his Oxford degree in 1913. He was most distinguished, bot

Victor Ewings Negus was born in London on 6 February 1887, the third son of a solicitor, William Negus JP, and his wife Emily (Ewings). He was educated at King's College School, King's College, and entered King's College Hospital in 1909 with a Sambrooke Exhibition, qualifying in 1912. As a student