John Douglas Ridout Murray qualified in medicine from Cambridge University and the Middlesex Hospital where he was casualty surgical officer. He became resident medical officer to the Bolingbroke Hospital in Wandsworth and was then appointed senior house medical officer to the Exmouth Hospital. He w

Born in Sydney on 14 May 1900 he was educated at Camberwell Grammar School, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne graduating in science. He was successively clinical assistant to the Orthopaedic department of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, assistant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Children's

Arthur Williams was born on 31 December 1905 in Swansea, the son of David Edward Williams, a schoolmaster, and Katherine Hannah, née Humphries. He attended Swansea Grammar School and Swansea University College as a scholar, before going on to the Welsh National School of Medicine in Cardiff. He chos

Gerald Herbert was born in Liverpool on October 7, 1904, the first son of Lt-Col H Herbert, FRCS, IMS, an ophthalmic surgeon, and his wife Agnes, née Killey. After leaving the IMS his father became a consultant ophthalmologist in Nottingham. Gerald Herbert was educated at Lees Preparatory School, Ho

Born in London 1 November 1903, the second child and only son of Alfred George Chamings, chief officer of the public control department, London County Council, and Bertha Wilson, his wife. He was educated at Westminster School (admitted 27 September 1917, non-resident King's Scholar September 1918,