Rashid Choudhury was a consultant neurosurgeon at the Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, Saudi Arabia. He was born in a remote village in the district of Hailakandi, Assam, India, the son of Imran Ali Choudhury and Sumsun Choudhury. He came from a humble background and had to work hard to become a surgeo

David Anthony Griffiths was born in Newport, Monmouthshire on 2 August 1940. His father, also named David, was a master painter and decorator and his mother, Lily Doreen née Bateman, was the daughter of a coalminer. He was their oldest son and his brother became a dental surgeon and member of the co