Hujohn Ripman was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in the Ipswich and East Suffolk area. He was born in London on 3 January 1918, the son of Christian Hugo Ripman, a physician who had trained at Guy's Hospital Medical School, and Freda Beatrice Ripman née Jacks, who had been a dance teach

Howell Pritchard Jones was a consultant general surgeon at Birkenhead who retrained as a physician in rehabilitative medicine following a stroke. He was born in Cerrig-y-drudion, north Wales, on 2 September 1918, the son of William Thomas Jones and Jane Jones née Hughes. The family moved to Rhewl, n