Born in 1903 son of T G Stevens FRCS, he was educated at Cambridge, but without taking an honours degree, and at St Thomas's Hospital, where he was casualty officer and house surgeon; he was also house surgeon at the West London Hospital and the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading and resident assista

Maurice Alexander Robertson was born in Aberdeen in 1906, and was educated at Sedburgh School and St John's College, Cambridge. He came to the London Hospital for the clinical course and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1930, and also graduated MB BCh. After holding the usual junior hospital p

Andrew Roy Banham was the only son of Sydney Marshall Banham, a general practitioner, and of Sophie Grace Banham (née Hacking) herself a medical practitioner who practised ophthalmology. He was born in Ealing on 15 October 1904. After early education at Yardley Court, Tonbridge, he secured an open s

Thomas Keith Selfe Lyle was born on 26 December 1903, the son of Herbert Willoughby Lyle FRCS, (see *Lives of the Fellows* 1952-64) and his wife Elizabeth Ada (née Selfe). He was educated at Dulwich College, where he distinguished himself in the school, the OTC and the Rugby XV; at Sidney Sussex Col

Born on 25 June 1902, son of John Forrester Wood FRCS of Southport, he wished to make the army his career but the loss of sight in one eye at the age of 12 prevented this. Educated at Cheltenham College he was apprenticed at 16 to a firm of engineers, but owing to the world depression his father adv

Hermon Taylor was born in Workington on the Cumbrian coast on 11 May 1905. His father, Enoch Oliver Taylor, was a schoolmaster and his mother, Louise née Harrison, a schoolmistress. His father came to London to become Director of Education for Edmonton and Hermon was educated at Latymer School, from