Chris Good was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Newham General, Queen Mary's and Blackheath hospitals in London. He was born in Barnstaple, Devon, in 1946. His father was clerk of works for South Molton. When Chris was eight the family moved to Northern Rhodesia; his father became cler

Ian Rothwell was a consultant clinical oncologist at Cookridge Hospital, Leeds. He was born on 25 July 1942 in Buckingham to Mary Anne and Edward Richard Rothwell. A keen Scout, he enjoyed leading mountaineering expeditions. He studied medicine at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, during which

John Richard Stares Blake (known as Richard) was a consultant surgeon at King's Mill Centre for Health Care Services, Sutton-in-Ashfield. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood, north London, and then went on to study medicine at Middlesex Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1

Eric William Taylor was a consultant surgeon at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock. Born on 31 December 1943 he was the eldest of the five children of William George Taylor, a prison officer, and his wife Nancy Lilian née Mannering, the daughter of a dockyard employee. Educated at the Thomas Hardye

Gerald Courtenay Davies was born on 10 June 1947 in Newport, Monmouthshire. His father was Gordon Davies, a senior officer in the Wales Gas Board. His mother was Edna Maud née Hunter. He was educated at the High School for Boys in Cardiff and studied medicine at the Westminster Hospital. There he wo

John McGregor was a consultant plastic surgeon in Edinburgh and the Lothians. He was born on 21 April 1944 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, the only child of John Alexander McGregor, a chartered civil engineer, and Isabel Millar McGregor née Cummack, the daughter of a farmer. He was educated at Paisley Gra

John Hogg was a vascular and general surgeon in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. He was born on 10 January 1943 in Sydney, the son of James Wilson Hogg, the headmaster of Trinity Grammar School, and Alyson Hogg. He was educated at Trinity, where he excelled academically and was al

Rene Wen Suen Chang studied medicine at London University and trained at the Westminster Hospital Medical School. In London he worked as a house surgeon at the Whittington Hospital and registrar at St Stephen’s Hospital, before gaining his fellowship of the college and moving to Saudi Arabia as seni

John Ferguson, or Fergie as he was always known, was a consultant general surgeon on Guernsey, Channel Islands. He was born on 28 August 1943 in Tantobie, near Stanley, County Durham and was educated at Tanfield Lea Junior School and Stanley Grammar School. He excelled at school and was gifted with

Roy Harfitt was born in Alexandria, Egypt on 15 March 1944. He had no medical connections. His grandfather, Vicar of St Mary at Hill (the Billingsgate fish market church) founded the Christian Evidence Society. Ronald Stanley Harfitt, his father, worked in civil aviation and his mother was Josephine

David Stewart was an ophthalmic surgeon at Freemantle Hospital, Western Australia. He was born in Perth, Western Australia on 5 June 1942. His father, Andrew Malcolm Stewart, was an agricultural scientist at the University of Western Australia and a grazier; his mother, Halsted Noël Stewart née Whit

Howard Young was a consultant otorhinolaryngologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary from 1978 until 2006. He was a Lancashire lad, born on 3 September 1945 in a house overlooking Swinton Park Golf Club, Manchester. His mother and his father, who was a consulting engineer, brought him up there with his o