The Trotter family has long been settled in Gloucestershire, where it had an honoured connexion with the Baptist Church. Wilfred Trotter was born in London on 3 November 1872, the son of Howard Birt Trotter of Coleford, Gloucestershire, and Frances Lewes, his wife. His early years were spent at Cole

Born 11 June 1870 at Paringa sheep station, Murray River, South Australia, son of James Francis Cudmore and Margaret Bridge, his wife. He was educated at St Peter's College, Whinham, and Adelaide University, where he qualified in 1894. Coming to England he worked at the London Hospital under Sir Fre

Born 28 November 1874, the second son of Sir Thomas Smith, Bart, consulting surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital, and his wife Ann Eliza, second daughter of Frederick Parbury. Thomas Smith had been appointed surgeon to St Bartholomew's the year before Gilbert's birth. His elder son, Sir Rudolph Hamp

Born at Kennington, Oxfordshire on 16 July 1871, the son of Job Mundy, a farmer, and his wife, Elizabeth Catherine Stone. He was their third child and third son. Educated at Faversham School, he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital in October 1892. Here he gained the senior anatomy or Foster prize for

Born at Northiam, Sussex, on 4 October 1873, the fourth child and second son of Augustus Mannington, farmer, and his wife, née Caffyn. He was educated at University School, Hastings, and the Middlesex Hospital, where he served as demonstrator of physiology and house surgeon. After a period as clinic

Born in Canada on 23 July 1871, son of William Cox Lelean, he was educated at Hart House and St Mary's Hospital, London. During the South African War he was commissioned in the Army Medical Service and gained the Queen's medal with four clasps. In 1903 he served on the Anglo-French Boundary Commissi

Born on 22 October 1873 at the Manor House, Poplar, the fifth son and ninth of the ten children of Francis Mead Corner, MRCS, JP, a general practitioner, who had married his cousin Anne Corner. The family derived from Lythe, near Whitby, Yorkshire. He was educated at Epsom College, where he was head

Born 9 October 1870, the third child and third son of James Hamilton Carson, a civil engineer, and Caroline Sharpe, his wife. He was educated privately and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. In 1895 he was elected house surgeon at the Tottenham Hospital and remained attached to the institution fo

Born at Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, on 19 September 1871, eldest child of William Griffith Howell, Inspector of Schools, and his wife Miriam Williams. He was educated at Christ College, Brecon, and Guy's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon and obstetric resident. He then took the house surgeoncy

Educated at the University of Edinburgh, he served as casualty house surgeon at the Temperance Hospital, London, and as resident medical officer at Booth Hall Infirmary for Children, Manchester. Then returning to London he was medical superintendent at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Child

Born at Rothley, Leicestershire on 2 February 1873 the second son of J H Skevington JP, a farmer, and his wife Emma Kirkham, he was educated at Oakham, Rutlandshire and at St Mary's Hospital, London, where he served as house surgeon. After a period as clinical assistant at the Great Ormond Street Ho

Born in Australia on 30 November 1871, the youngest child of Sir William Foster Stawell, afterwards Chief Justice of Victoria, and his wife, *née* Greene. An elder brother, Sir Richard Rawdon Stawell, KBE, MD (1864-1935) became consulting physician to Melbourne Hospital. Stawell was educated at Geel