Born on 21 October 1875 the fifth child and fourth son of Samuel Pollard, a decorator, and his wife Mary Ann Marriott, he was educated at Nottingham grammar school and won an entrance scholarship to the London Hospital in 1894. After qualifying in 1899 he served as assistant medical officer to the N

Born on 25 June 1876, fourth son of Christopher Heath (PRCS 1895-96, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Surgery at University College Hospital) and his second wife Gabrielle Nora Maynard, he was educated at St Paul's, University College and University College Hospital. He took first-class honours at his

Born at Maidstone on 23 February 1878, the youngest son of Henry Hughes a solicitor, he was educated at Maidstone School, the Middlesex Hospital and St Bartholomew's Hospital. After qualification he held appointments as house physician and house surgeon to Sir Henry Morris, later as assistant demons

Born in Glasgow in 1879 son of Blair Robertson, he was educated at St Dunstan's College and Guy's Hospital. After qualifying he spent a year in South Africa, but in 1905 he went to New Zealand where he spent the rest of his life. For five years medical superintendent of Waihi Hospital, in 1912 he wa

Born at Cardiff, South Wales on 7 August 1876, the son of John Jennings, timber merchant, and Mary Lawley, his wife. He was educated at Cardiff University and in Geneva, with the intention of entering his father's business. He quickly abandoned work in the office, entered St Bartholomew's Hospital a

The second son of Arthur Wenham, a chartered accountant, by his wife, Frances Tomson. He was educated at Leamington College, and at Tonbridge School from 1891-1894; studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he distinguished himself as a student, and served both as House Surgeon and House Physician

Miles Harris Phillips was born at Portishead, near Bristol in 1875, and was educated at Bristol Grammar School where he became captain of cricket, and his love of the game was life-long. He did his pre-clinical studies at University College, Bristol, and then came to King's College and the London Ho

Born on 6 March 1877, the third son of F R Carling JP of Guildford, he entered the medical school of the Westminster Hospital in 1895; in 1900, while still a student, he volunteered for the South African war, serving with the Imperial Yeomanry Field Hospital and returning to qualify in 1901. The fol

Born on 22 February 1880, second child and eldest son of the four sons and three daughters of William George Rowntree, MRCS 1874, of Islington, and his wife, *née* Kirkby. He was educated at Islington High School, University College, London, and the Middlesex Hospital, where he won the Murray schola