He was born at Worcester on 4 July 1884, son of Mark James Barrington-Ward, an Inspector of Schools, and Caroline Pearson his wife. His father was ordained late in life (1907) and became Rector of Duloe, Cornwall, and a Canon of Truro. The five sons all distinguished themselves, one (Robert) becomin

David Owen Davies was a consultant surgeon to the Epsom group of hospitals. He was born in Hampstead, London, on 17 June 1909. His father, Frederick Moses Davies, was a bank official. His mother was Amy Maude Mary Flanders. Educated at St Olave's Grammar School, Tower Bridge, he went to St Bartholom

Richard Orgias was born at Palmerston North, New Zealand, and went to the Palmerston North Boys' High School and then to Otago University where he graduated with the MB degree in 1934. For his post-graduate training Orgias came to London and worked at St Thomas's and University College Hospitals,

Jack Carl Rudolf Hindenach was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 19 May 1905, the son of Carl Rudolf Hindenach, a printing engineer. He was educated at Richmond Primary School, Christchurch Boys' High School and Otago University, where he was a junior scholar. He obtained distinction in his firs

Cyril Arnold King was born in Oamaru, New Zealand. He had a very distinguished school career, winning a university scholarship in 1912. In the same year he won the Lord Meath Empire Day Cup for an essay, fostering imperial patriotism, open to all secondary school students in the Empire. Making the p

Eric John Greenwood was born on 10 October 1902 in Greenwich, London, the only son of Eustace Noel Greenwood, an accountant and former mayor of Greenwich, and Gertrude Freida Scarr. He was educated at the Rowan School, Greenwich, before starting medicine at Guy's Hospital in 1918. He then went to Do

Valentine Andrew James Swain was a paediatric surgeon in London's East End. He was born on 21 February 1910, a twin, in Ilford, Essex, into a family with a strong medical tradition. His father, James Steel Swain, and grandfather were both doctors. His mother was Mary Blanche née MacMunn. He went fro

Bertram John Bickford was a consultant surgeon in Liverpool. He was born in Tavistock, Devon, on 17 October 1913, and was to become the third generation of his family to enter medicine. His grandfather, Thomas Leaman Bickford, was a Surgeon Captain RN. His father, Bertram Raleigh Bickford, was a GP

Patrick Sames was a general surgeon in Bath with an interest in coloproctology. He was born on 17 January 1912 in Enfield, Middlesex, the only son of Christopher, a railway clerk, and Caroline née Radmore. He was a late entrant to medicine, leaving Harrow County School to become an apprentice in the

John David was born on 12 July 1912 in Rugby. He was the first son of the Rev Albert Augustus David, DD, who was headmaster of Rugby School and later Bishop of Liverpool, and of Edith Mary Miles whose father had been a civil engineer in Jaipur, India. John was educated at Rugby School and graduated

William Harold Alfred Dodd, the eldest of three sons and second of five children of Alfred Leward Dodd and Annie Elizabeth (née Marshall), was born at Crewe, Cheshire, on 13 March 1899. He was educated at St Michael's Church School, Coppenhall, Crewe, and at Crewe Grammar School. From September 1917

Francis Donaldson Saner, or Frank Saner as he was always known, was born in Hull on 24 August 1884, the youngest of ten children of a wealthy family. His father died whilst he was a teenager and his mother was the daughter of a merchant sea captain, there being seven sons and three daughters. After