David Eric Sturdy was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Wales. He was born in Llanybydder, West Wales on 4 May 1928, the only son of William Frederick Sturdy, a boot and shoe repairer, and Anne Mary Sturdy née Davies, the daughter of a carpenter. There were no medical connec

Robert Qualye Crellin, or 'Robin' was a consultant surgeon at King's College Hospital. He was born on 31 May 1927, on the Isle of Man, the son of John Frissel Crellin, a company director, and Eileen Flood Jackson. He went to King William's College on the Isle of Man, and then to St Mary's Hospital M

Born 6 January 1928, Brian Seth-Smith died in Guernsey on 11 January 2019, having worked there for many years as Guernsey’s only orthopaedic surgeon. When he first came to Guernsey in May 1960, 15 years after the German Occupation ended, there were only five surgeons and five small general practices