Irene Margaret Stanford McEwan née Cade was a consultant radiologist in Portsmouth. She was born in London on 15 January 1925, the second daughter of Sir Stanford Cade, the surgeon, and Margaret Hester née Agate, the daughter of the organist at Paisley Abbey. Irene was educated at Queen's College, H

Anthony John Harrold was educated at University College School, London, where he had a distinguished academic record. He moved on to St Mary's Hospital Medical School and graduated there with distinction in surgery in 1946. Following resident appointments at St Mary's, Amersham, and Bradford, he too

Denis Lister Chadwick was born at Manchester on 30 March 1924, the son of a doctor. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Manchester University, where he graduated in 1947. After house appointments at Manchester Royal Infirmary and elsewhere he served in the medical branch of the Royal Ai