Tony Malkin was born on 4 February 1916 in Cardiff. His father, Edwin Malkin, was a musician and organ-builder. His mother, Winifred Mary Lyddon, was the daughter of a Bristol stockbroker. He was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon, and King's College Medical School and Hospital. After juni

William Denny was an ENT surgeon in St Helier, Jersey. He was born on 18 January 1921 at Arrathorne, Tadworth, Surrey, the son of James Risk Denny, who became a ship builder’s agent (Denny Brothers, Shipbuilders, Dunbarton) after leaving the Army. His mother was Nellie Scott née Roy. He was educated

Robin Francis McNab Jones, a much-respected leading ENT surgeon, was a consultant at both St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, where for five years he also served as dean of the Institute of Laryngology and Otology (from 1971 to 1976). He was born

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

Kenneth Lennox Wilson, the son of the Rt Rev Cecil Wilford Wilson, Anglican Bishop of Middleton, and of Winifred Marion Wilson (née McCall), was born at Bath, Somerset, on 11 October 1918. He was educated at Sedbergh Preparatory School, Marlborough College and Christ's College, Cambridge, before ent