Michael Whiteley was medical director for the Middle East for Allied Medical Group (AMG). He was born in London in 1924 and studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1948. He gained his FRCS in 1956. Prior to his appointment with AMG, he was chief medical officer

Thomas Linthorn Bradbeer was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. He was born on 8 January 1925 in the west country, the son of a dentist. He was educated at Dartington Hall, Devon and went on to study medicine at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London

Geoffrey Lumb was a consultant urologist in Taunton, Somerset. He was born in Crewkerne, Somerset, on 1 January 1925, the son of Norman Lumb, a urologist in Portsmouth. He was educated at Marlborough and St Thomas's Hospital. After junior posts he did his National Service in the RAFVR, reaching the