Stephen Thomas (or 'Steve' as he was known to his friends) was a consultant ENT surgeon at Leicester Royal Infirmary. He was born in Cardiff on 12 July 1940 to Hector Thomas, a consultant otolayrngologist at Cardiff Royal Infirmary, and Enid Thomas, a Welsh hockey international. He attended Radley C

Alan Ridgway was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. He was born in Stanmore, Middlesex. His father, Albert Edward George Ridgway, was a GP; his mother, Helene Genvieve Ridgway née Jansanne, was a couturière. His paternal grandfather qualified as a doctor three months a