John Marriott was an obstetrician from Hampshire. He was born in 1940 and studied medicine at St George's Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1964 and gained his FRCS in 1970. He held junior posts at St George's and was then a surgical registrar at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winche

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