Muriel Hilary Long was born in London, only daughter of Sidney Long OBE, a director of Beaverbrook Newspapers. She was educated at Lewisham Prendergast Grammar School and King's College Hospital. She was house surgeon to Sir Cecil Wakeley, was awarded a travelling scholarship of the University of

Shri Rameshwar was professor of surgery at the Armed Forces Medical College, Poona, India. Born on 10 October 1904 in Meerut, he was the eldest of the four sons of Choudry Girver Singh Rameshwar, an agriculturalist, and his wife Kaur née Ram whose father was also involved in agriculture. Educated at