Roger Lallemand was a consultant surgeon at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey. He was born on 21 September 1935 in Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia, the son of Joseph François Lallemand (from Ciney, Belgium) and Gladys Ann Lallemand née Else (from Bexley, Kent). Roger started school in Nkana aged four, but when

Roy Lawrence Willis Fink was born in Ballarat on 27 April 1938. His father was a state school headmaster and the family moved between various country towns, including Learmonth, Yea and Benalla, before moving to Ferntree Gully and subsequently Bentleigh. His early years were influenced by World War

Henry Naylor, always known as 'Harry', was a consultant general surgeon to the Basildon and Thurrock NHS Trust and trained at the Royal Free Hospital in London. He was for a time medical director at Basildon Hospital. He had a fine reputation as a surgeon, and as a teacher he was very popular with L

Robert Gordon Pickard was a general surgeon at Law and Stonehouse hospitals, Lanarkshire, and later at Wishaw General Hospital. He was born on 19 May 1939 in Sheffield, the son of Reginald Pickard and Eileen Pickard née Alexander. He had two younger brothers, Roy and John, who went on to become a un

Lenrie Peters was a distinguished poet and surgeon. He was born in Bathurst (now Banjul), the capital of Gambia. Both his parents, Kezia and Lenrie Peters, had emigrated from Sierra Leone. His father, Lenrie, was editor of the Gambia Echo. His mother Kezia had been brought up in England. Of Lenrie’s

Michael John Knight Hudson (always known as Mike) was a consultant general, vascular and breast surgeon in north Cambridgeshire and King's Lynn. He was born in Southgate, London, on 21 March 1936, the son of Kenneth Alfred Knight Hudson, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, and Eucharia Aloysius Marie

John Missen was a consultant surgeon at Hackney Hospital and an assistant coroner in north London. He was born in Wigan on 25 August 1926. Almost immediately the family moved to Suffolk when his father, Leslie Robert Missen, was appointed chief education officer for East Suffolk. John’s mother, Muri

Brigadier Graham Stock was an adviser in orthopaedic surgery to the director general of Army Medical Services and a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich. He was born on 21 February 1937 in Chesterfield, the son of Charles Edward Stock, a foreman at Cheste

Tim de Dombal was born on 16 August 1937 in Sheffield, the son of Leonard Arthur de Dombal, a general practitioner, and Frances Edith, née Hire, a teacher. He won a scholarship to Uppingham School, and in 1955 went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge, to read natural sciences. There, his prowess at

Barry Partridge was born in 1934 to Annie Louisa Johnson, a secretary, and Cyril Partridge, a builder. With a younger sister, Margaret, he spent the first 4 years of his life on the family farm in Ngaere, Taranaki. The family moved to Te Puke when he was four and he attended Te Puke Primary and High