Ernest Davies was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at King's College Hospital, London. He was born on 18 September 1931 in Pontypool, Wales, the son of Rupert Grinnis Davies and Beryl Matilda Davies née Lewis. He was educated at West Monmouth School and then St Catherine's College, Cambridge and St M

Andrew Gentles was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Harrogate District General Hospital and Ripon and District General Hospital. He studied at Cambridge University and gained his diploma in ophthalmology in 1962 and his FRCS in 1968. Prior to his consultant appointment he was a senior registrar

John Edward Cairns was born on 15 August 1925 the son of T D Cairns, a Northumberland shepherd. After early education in the single room school in his local village he won a scholarship to King Edward VII Grammar School in Morpeth and later went to King's College, University of Durham to read classi

Ida Mann was born in London on 6 February 1893, the only daughter of Frederick Mann OBE, a civil servant, and Ellen (née Packham). She was educated at Wycombe House School, London, and at the London Polytechnic before proceeding to the London School of Medicine for Women and St Mary's Hospital, Padd

Alexander Galbraith Cross was born in London on 29 March 1908, the son of Walter Galbraith, a bank manager, and his wife Mary Stewart, née McKeich, a farmer's daughter. He was educated at King's College School, Caius College Cambridge, and St Mary's Hospital, where he was a University Scholar and

Peter Curran was born on 22 May 1947 in Northampton, the fourth child of Peter Hyacinth Curran, a general practitioner in Northampton, and Alice Claire, née Kehoe. He was educated at Downside School and won an open exhibition to Brasenose College, Oxford, before entering the Middlesex Hospital Medic

Peter Blaxter was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. He was born in Highbury, London, on 17 February 1918, the son of Augustus Pierce Llewellyn Blaxter, a chemical engineer, and Enid, née Lewis, daughter of the Rev H E Lewis, Arch Druid of Wales. He was educated at Els

Mary Joan Starbuck was an ophthalmic surgeon at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. She was born on 16 April 1928 in Lewisham, London, the daughter of John William Sandford Starbuck, a rope and twine merchant, and Elsie Starbuck née Williams. She was educated at Bromley High School and Bromley County

Colin Walker was an ophthalmic surgeon at the Southampton Eye Hospital from 1962 until his retirement in 1989. He was born into a medical family; his father, Victor Walker, was an eye surgeon in Ipswich, where he grew up; his mother was Marie-Louise Scott. After some difficult times at his prep scho

Mary was born in 1911, the elder daughter of Howard and Mary Bodley Savory. Her medical education was at Cambridge and University College Hospital, and her ophthalmic training as SHO and registrar at Royal Eye and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospitals. She held a BMA research scholarship in 1946 and

Somasundaram Anandarajan was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon in Sri Lanka. He was born in Kayts, a small village in northern Ceylon on 31 May 1926. Although he initially wanted to become an historian, being the only child of a blind mother inspired him to a pursue a career in medicine. He studie

Roger Gwynne Ainley was an ophthalmic surgeon in the Merseyside area. He was born in Fringford, Oxfordshire, on 8 September 1932. His father, Joe Ainley, was a headmaster and his mother, Dora (née Carter), was a music teacher, both in schools and freelance. The family are related to the Shakespearia