Born on 18 December 1912, Alfred Cavendish qualified at University College Hospital, and after junior posts joined the RAMC, where he became a surgical specialist with the rank of Major. After the war, he became chief assistant at the North Middlesex Hospital, before being appointed consultant surge

Robert Hugh Percival was a consultant surgeon at West Kent Hospital, Maidstone and Queen Mary Hospital, Sidcup. He was born in Forest Hill on 1 June 1916, the second son of Franklin Joseph Percival, a flag merchant, and Edith Percival née Knight, the daughter of a goldsmith. He was educated at King’

Bryan Moore studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital, where he became casualty surgical officer and house surgeon. He was a surgical specialist in the RAMC from 1944 to 1947, then a surgical registrar at UCH. He was subsequently appointed a consultant thoracic surgeon to the South East Metropolitan

Douglas MacGilchrist Jackson was a consultant surgeon at Birmingham Accident Hospital and founder of the hospital's burns unit. He was born in Shanghai, China on 17 February 1916, the son of Ernest David Jackson, a medical practitioner and graduate of the University of Glasgow, and Mary Montgomerie

Keith William Powell was born in Australia in 1915 and entered St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1938. After early hospital appointments he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in the early years of the war but was invalided out in 1943 with the rank of Captain. He passed the FRCS ex

Blundell Jones was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Exeter. He was born on 10 June 1915, in Blackpool, Lancashire, the eldest son of William Jones, the principal of a technical college, and Elizabeth Blundell. He was educated at Arnold School, Blackpool, and University College Hospital London, wh

Eric Ralph Davies, the son of Henry William Davies, a master printer and bookbinder, and of Louise Matilda (née Court), was born at Thornton Heath, Surrey, on 22 October 1908. He was educated at Steyning Grammar School, Sussex, and at Guy's Hospital where he won a scholarship and the Lubbock Prize f

Wynn-Williams was born on 10 August 1911 at Middlesbrough, the son of William, a general practitioner and his wife Jane Anderson, née Brymer. He was educated at Rossall School and King's College London, where he won the Hughes prize for anatomy and Chadwick prize for clinical surgery, before complet

Hugh Lister McMullen was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Doncaster Gate Hospital, Rotherham, and Victoria Hospital, Worksop. He was born in London on 13 February 1917, the youngest of the four children of William Halliburton McMullen and Kate Constance McMullen née Higgins. Hugh was named after

Arthur Clift was born in Chelmsford on 18 December 1903, the son of Arthur and Ada, née Humphries. He received part of his education at the grammar school before the family moved to Canada. He worked on prairie farms before entering Toronto University but returned to receive his medical training at

Claude Brun was a consultant surgeon in Blackburn. He was born on 23 August 1917 in Mauritius. His father, René Brun, was a bank clerk in Port Louis who was descended from a captain in the Napoleonic navy. His mother, Jeanne Brun, was also of French descent. Claude was the eldest of six children. Hi

Terry Jenkins was a general surgeon to St Luke’s and the Royal Surrey County hospitals in Guildford. He was born in Shoreditch, London, on 21 April 1913, the second son of Harold and Louise Jenkins, who had a chemists’ shop. They moved to Harrow a few years later. He was educated at the John Lyon an