James Paterson Ross, the eldest of four sons of James Ross, an official in the Bank of England, and of May (née Paterson), was born in London on 26 May 1895. After early education at Christ's College, Finchley, he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School in 1912, with an entrance scholarship

Gopal Shankar Kelkar was born on 20 February 1900 in Talegaon (near Lonavla), India. His father, Shankar, was a journalist and editor of *Pune vaibhav* and his mother was Umabai, née Manutai. He attended the New English School and Fargusson College in Poona until 1920. He then studied at Grant Medic

Harold Clifford Edwards was born in Newport, Monmouthshire on 15 August 1899, the second son of William Evans Edwards, Professor of Music, and Mary Selina (née Jones). He was educated at St Woollos School and Newport Intermediate School before joining the Royal Engineers in 1917 as a skilled sapper.

Born at Stellenbosch, South Africa, in 1888, the eldest son of P G Beyers. of Sunnyside, Pretoria. He was educated at Stellenbosch Boys' High School and Victoria College, where he read zoology under Robert Broom. He graduated in 1908, and deputized for Professor Broom for nine months during 1909. He

Born in 1903, son of the Rev Dr John Steele. He was educated at University College Hospital, where he won the Bruce, Liston, Erichsen, Aichison, and Atkinson Morley medals and scholarships. He also won a gold medal at the University of London MB BS examination. After qualification he served as house

Born on 18 August 1902, the son of F M H Eckhoff, a Norwegian architect, he was educated in South Africa at Durban High School, Natal University and the University of Cape Town, and at Guy's Hospital, where he arrived in 1920 with a senior science scholarship. At Guy's he qualified with the Conjoint