Arthur Pain was born on 13 July 1904 in Brixton, his father, Arthur Thruston was a clerk in holy orders and his mother's maiden name was Annie Tatchell. He was educated at Bedale Grammar School Yorks, and later attended the Central High School, Leeds. Pain then proceeded to Leeds University and qual

Wilfred Hynes was born in Leeds in January 1903, educated at Leeds Grammar School and graduated from Leeds University Medical School with first class honours in 1927, gaining the primary FRCS as a student. After a period as resident anaesthetist at Sheffield Royal Hospital he trained in surgery, and

Currie was born on 16 June 1903 in Leeds, the third son of James Irvine Currie, wholesaler clothier, and Florence Emma, née Dixon. His uncle Hugh Currie, a surgeon in Johnannesburg, was at the relief of Ladysmith. An elder brother, Donald Currie, gained his FRCS in 1923. He was educated at Leeds Gra