Michael John Hunter was born in Liverpool on 12 April 1935, the son of Oliver Arnold Hunter, an executive director of Woolworth's, and his early education was at St George's College, Weybridge. He then entered Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1960. His early appointments were as

Thomas Fisher was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire on 8 July 1937, the first son of Dr Thomas Richmond Fisher, a general practitioner, and Margaret, née Owen. He came from a medical family, his grandfather, father, two uncles, an aunt and three cousins all being doctors. He was educated at Sherbo

Edward Norton was born in Wales in 1935 and qualified at Cardiff in 1960. He was appointed a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Airedale General Hospital soon after it opened and worked there until his retirement in 2000. Outside medicine he loved nature, architecture and film. He enjoyed working wit

John Michael Dinham was born in Taunton on 19 February 1936, the son of Alfred Dinham, a motor engineer, and Elsie Winifred, née Pike. He was educated at Taunton School and at St Mary's Hospital Medical School. After qualifying in 1960, he was appointed house surgeon at St Mary's Hospital and he sub

Nicholas Crosbie Roles was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Berkshire. He was born in London in 1933. His father, Francis Crosbie Roles, was a consultant physician at Bart's. His mother, Joan Crace-Calvert, was the daughter of a physician. Nicholas was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College,