Peter Knipe was born on 3 March 1929 in Whitehaven, the son of William Edward Knipe, a schoolmaster, and his wife, Doris Margaret. He was educated at Whitehaven Grammar School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he played rugby football for the hospital and the United Hospitals XV, and gained honou

Joseph Roger Boulle was born on 23 March 1922 at Tinley Manor on the Natal north coast. His parents were of French-Mauritian origin and he was brought up on a sugar plantation where he acquired manual dexterity at an early stage. After completing his early education he entered the University of C

John Done was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Preston Hospital. He was born in Urmston, Manchester, on 11 January 1929, where his father, Bertram Done, was a structural engineer. His mother was Annie May née Bateman. He went to Manchester Grammar School with an entrance scholarship and did his med

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

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

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