Born at Easington, Co Durham, where his father was the local doctor, he was educated privately in Durham, then at Rutherford College, Newcastle and at Durham University College. After qualification he served in the RAMC in Mesopotamia as a battalion medical officer. On his return to civilian life he

Born in Sunderland on 19 April 1891, son of a pharmaceutical chemist, he received his medical education at the University of Durham graduating in 1912. He then held house appointments at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. In 1914 he joined the RAMC and served as a surgical specialist in Greece

Born at Bristol on 30 May 1888, the second son and youngest child of Frederick George Salisbury, solicitor, and his wife, *née* Shaw. He was educated at Wycliffe College, Gloucester, at the University of Bristol, and at the London and St Thomas's Hospitals. He served as resident medical officer at Q

Born 20 February 1891, he received his medical education at the Westminster Hospital, where he won an entrance scholarship and the Abrahams prize in clinical pathology, and was assistant house surgeon and surgical registrar. He then served as house surgeon at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, and recei

Harvey Evers was born on 28 May 1893 in one of the mining towns in Northumberland, where his father was a general practitioner. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and studied medicine at the College of Medicine in Newcastle which at that time formed part of King's Coll

Arthur Wilfred Adams was born in Bristol on 30 September 1892 and educated at Clifton College, the Bristol Medical School and the London Hospital. He qualified in 1916 and then served in the RAMC. He took the FRCS in 1919, less than one year after demobilization, and proceeded to the MS in 1921. The

Henry James Drew-Smythe was born at Northampton on 1 June 1891, the first child of Frank Thompson Smythe and Ada (née Drew). He was educated at Taunton School and Bristol University where he won the gold medal in his final year at the Medical School. After resident appointments at Bristol General an

Peter Wright, as he was known all over the world, was one of the kindest and gentlest members of his profession. Born on 3 June 1892, he qualified at University College Hospital in 1915 and proceeded to the FRCS in 1920 and MS London in 1921. As an extremely young medical officer he served in France

Loyal Edward Davis was born on 17 January 1896 in Galesburg, Illinois, the son of Al Davis, a railroad engineer who had worked from the age of seven. It was assumed by all in that small community, except his father, that he would earn his living on the Burlington Railroad. Al, however, frequently ad

Ranald Montague Handfield-Jones was born in Wandsworth, London, on 12 May 1892. His father was a doctor and his mother the daughter of a doctor. His grandfather was MD FRCS, FRS and an uncle was MD FRCP. He was educated at Weymouth Grammar School and Epsom College. He entered St Mary's Hospital Medi

Born on 11 February 1883 the youngest son of Frederick Joseph Frankau, a barrister, Claude Frankau was educated at Rugby and St George's Hospital, to which he devoted his career. After qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1907 he held resident posts in the hospital. He took the Fellowship at the

Robert John McNeill Love was born in Devonport on 2 May 1891. His father, Joseph Boyd Love, JP, was an Ulsterman who came to England virtually penniless though he eventually built up a substantial and highly successful warehousing firm in Plymouth, and was mayor of that city at the time of Robert's