Born on 5 October 1910 in Lanchowfu, Kansu Province, China, he was the elder son of Albert Penard Laycock, a medical missionary and Winifred, née Hingston. He was educated at St Paul's School, West Kensington, where he was a Scholar. He gained scholarships to St John's College, Cambridge and to St T

Charles Langmaid was a consultant neurosurgeon in Cardiff from 1951 to 1973. He was born in Cardiff on 29 July 1913, the son of Sidney Langmaid. He attended Cardiff University and did his house jobs at the London Hospital where he qualified in 1935 and won the Hepburn medal for the best student and

Aubrey York Mason, one of the many South Africans to distinguish themselves in British medicine, came late to the Royal College of Surgeons but gave loyal service to it in a succession of roles throughout his consultant career. He was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, on 9 February 1910

Timothy Martin Tyrrell was born on 14 May 1908 at Brentwood, the son of F A C Tyrrell FRCS, and thus he came of four generations of medical men associated with St Thomas's Hospital. His grandfather was Walter Tyrrell MRCS, apothecary and anaesthetist to St Thomas's, and his great grandfather was Fre

Evan William Mcurig Williams, the son of William John Williams, a coalminer, and of Alice Williams (née Davies), was born at Mountain Ash on 14 December 1907. He was educated at the primary and grammar schools in Mountain Ash and at the Welsh National School of Medicine where he was Alfred Sheen Pri

Guy Blackburn was born on 20 November 1911 in Harrogate, the eldest son of Dr A E Blackburn, a general practitioner, who later moved to Beckenham, Kent. Guy was educated at Rugby (without great exposure to the game!), Clare College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew's Medical College. At Clare he took u