Graham Bryce was born in Southport, Lancashire, the son of Elizabeth Dodds and Alexander Graham Bryce who was the managing director of a calico printing firm. He went to school at the Southport Modern School for Boys until the age of 11 when he proceeded to complete his secondary education at the Bi

W G Rose was born at Broadwell, Gloucestershire in 1887. He qualified as a pharmacist and set up his own business, but soon decided to enter the medical profession. From St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, he qualified with the Conjoint Diploma at the age of thirty-three in 1920, proceeding t

Donald Currie was the eldest son of James Irvine Currie, who was a woollen manufacturer in Leeds. He was educated at Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University, and obtained his medical training at the London Hospital. His studies were interrupted by the outbreak of the first world war and at the age

Douglas John Batterham was born on 18 November 1894, the son of John Williams Batterham, FRCS, of St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. He was educated at Aldenham School and Caius College, Cambridge, where he took the BA in 1915. He then went to St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he qualified with the Conjoint

Roger Lester Williams studied medicine at Cambridge, St Bartholomew's Hospital and Vienna. He held the post of clinical assistant at St Peter's Hospital for Stone and was resident surgical officer at the Sheffield Royal Infirmary. At Bart's he became senior house surgeon. He was a member of the BMA

William Eric Marcus Mitchell was born at Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, on 29 April 1897, the son of Dr John Finlay Mitchell, a medical practitioner and Anna, nee Shaw. His early education was at Campbell College, Belfast, and after leaving school he joined the Royal Irish Rifles, servi

Stanford Cade was born on 22 March 1895 in St Petersburg. His father was Polish, named Samuel Kadinsky, and Stanford changed his name to Cade by deed poll in 1924. He was sent to school in Antwerp where he matriculated in 1913 and then went to Brussels to commence the study of medicine. In 1914 he j

Born in 1893, Naguib Bey Makar was a general surgeon in Cairo, Egypt. He became a fellow of the college in 1923. Credited with being the first Egyptian surgeon to practice urological surgery, he was also the author of numerous articles on schistosomiasis. He died in 1984.

Doherty, always called "George" though his real names were William David, was born on 17 July 1893 of Irish parents and educated at Dulwich College and King's College, Cambridge. He volunteered for active service when war broke out in August 1914, and served in France with the Royal Army Service Cor

Edwin Robert Wheeler was a medical missionary in China, a professor of surgery at Shantung Christian University, Tsinan and superintendent of the University Hospital. He was born in 1878 in Preston, Sussex, the son of Robert Gidley Wheeler, a minister of the free church, and Rachel Wheeler née Rutty