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He was born the eldest son of 12 children at Meresborough House, a country estate near [[Rainham, Kent]], the son of Percy Wakeley (1860–1954) and his first wife Mary ("May") Sophia Pembrey (1865–1940). He was educated at [[King's School, Rochester]] and [[Borden Grammar School]], both in [[Kent]] and then from 1907 to 1910 at [[Dulwich College]].<ref>Hodges, S, (1981), ''God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College'', pages 87, (Heinemann: London)</ref>
In 1910 he went to [[King's College Hospital]], where he received the [[Richard William Jelf|Jelf]] Medal for surgery and qualified in 1915. He joined the Royal Navy and spent part of World War I as a temporary surgeon
In 1926 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[David Waterston (anatomist)|David Waterston]], [[Reginald Gladstone]], [[John Millar Thomson]] and [[Joseph Strickland Goodall]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=7 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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