Brian Martin was a consultant ophthalmologist at Leeds General Infirmary from 1967 to 1994. He was born in Aberystwyth on 13 October 1934, the son of William Martin, an optician, and Alice Martin née Withers. He attended school locally and then studied medicine at Caius College, Cambridge and at Wes

Noel Rice was a consultant ophthalmologist and medical director at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and a pioneer in the development of microscope-assisted eye surgery. He was born on 26 December 1931 in Norwich, the son of Raymond Arthur Cracroft Rice, an anaesthetist, and Doris Ivy Rice née Slater,