Guthrie Clothier was chief medical officer to the British Petroleum Company (BP). He received his medical education at King’s College Hospital. He then completed junior posts at St Charles Hospital and was a senior registrar at St Stephen’s Hospital. During the Second World War, he served as a major

David Matthews was a distinguished consultant plastic surgeon based in London. He was born in Bromley, Kent, on 7 July 1911. His father, Harold Hamilton Matthews, was a surveyor. His mother, Jeanie née Johnstone, together with a governess, educated him until the age of 10. He won an exhibition from