Richard Sears ('Dick') was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Nottingham. He was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on 19 March 1924, the son of Herbert Sears, a corn merchant, and his wife Evelyn Ruth Sears née Tankard, a housewife. He was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School and at Epsom Colle

The only son of Henry Kenneth Victor Soltau MD, David Soltau was born in Barnstaple, North Devon, on 13 May 1920. His mother was Nora Ramscar née Wright, the daughter of a chartered accountant. He was educated at Epsom College and Queen's College, Cambridge, before going on to Bristol to do his clin

Peter Sherratt Watson was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in the Hertfordshire area. He was born in Leicester on 6 May 1925. His father, John Robert Watson, was an accountant and his mother, Nellie Evelyn née Sherratt, a secretary. At Wyggeston Grammar School, Leicester, he was captain o