Philip Chalk was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Royal Free Hospital, London. He was born on 1 May 1930 in Southend, Essex, the son of Charles Philip Chalk and Ann Chalk née Forbes; both his parents were teachers. He was educated at Newport Free Grammar School, Essex. He carried o

Michael Arthur Pugh was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at University College Hospital, London and the Whittington Hospital. He was born in Manchester on 6 October 1929, the son of Robert Arthur Pugh, a journalist, and Norah Margaret Pugh née Rees, a market research executive. The family