James Lythgoe was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on 10 November 1926, the son of Sir James Lythgoe CBE, a municipal accountant, who was quondam Chairman of the Manchester Regional Hospital Board, and Dorothy May, née Ashworth. He was educated at Bootham School, York, and St John's College, Cambridge, b

Douglas Mackenzie qualified MB BS at Sydney University in 1952 and held house posts at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, before obtaining a registrarship at the Southend General Hospital, Sydney. He subsequently came to Britain and gained the Fellowship in 1957. Returning to Australia, he wa

Nunn received his medical education at the University of Adelaide, qualifying MB BS there in 1951. He came to Britain and passed the Fellowship examination in 1957, before returning to Australia, where he practised at Claremont, WA. He was staff specialist at the Royal Perth Hospital in 1959 and als

Goonatillake received his medical education at the Colombo Medical School, qualifying MB BS Ceylon in 1966 and later gained the MS at that university. From 1949 to 1957 he held posts in hospitals in Ceylon and was a registrar at Colombo General Hospital for three years before coming to Britain in 19

Dick Greenwood was born on 3 May 1928, the son of John Herbert Kay Greenwood, and Hilda née Wild. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he rowed for his college, and did his clinical training at St Thomas's. After junior appointments in London, Exeter and Gl

Charles Grant Clark was born in 1926 and attended the academy at Fraserburgh, Scotland. On leaving school during the war he was initially accepted for the RAFVR but transferred to the Army serving in Bristol and India with the Blood Transfusion Service. He returned to Aberdeen for his medical traini