John Charles Sandeman was an orthopaedic surgeon at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals on the Wirral. Born on 10 January 1929 in Umtata, South Africa, he was the son of Ian Roberts, an insurance broker, and his wife Marie Jessie née Hughes. He was educated at Durban High School which he attende

Kenneth Leonard Cleminson was an orthopaedic surgeon in Queensland, Australia. He was born on 23 May 1924 in London, the son of Leonard James Cleminson, a master builder, and Ada Aderline Cleminson née Soar, the daughter of a violinist. He was educated at Water Lane Boys' School in West Ham and Borl

Robert Clark Campbell (known as 'Bob') was a consultant plastic surgeon at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. He was born in Dundee on 31 January 1931, the only son of Archibald and Agnes Campbell. Following school in Dundee and then Southampton, he decided upon a career in medicine and he graduated