Eric Leslie Gilliland was a consultant urologist at the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton-on-Tees. Born on 2 January 1948, he studied medicine at London University. After training at Saint Mary’s Hospital as a registrar in surgery he moved to a more senior position at the Queen Elizabeth

Brian Ellis was a consultant surgeon at Ashford Hospital, Middlesex. He was of the old school, where general and urological surgery could still be practised as a consultant, although with the separation of urology from general surgery he subsequently became a urologist. Brian was always ahead of his

Peter Brooman was a consultant urological surgeon at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport. He was born in London, the son of Edward Brooman, a wholesale newsagent, and Irene Brooman née Ward. He was educated at Purley Grammar School and then studied medicine at Sheffield University. He held an orthop