Philip Edward Huddy was a consultant surgeon in Swindon, Cirencester and Marlborough. Born in London on 27 January 1927, he was the second of the three sons of George Philip Buckingham Huddy. His father was surgeon to the Dudley Road Hospital in Birmingham until he retired aged 37 due to severe rheu

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