Peter Simpson was the regional medical officer in Mersey, among other roles. He was born and brought up in south west London, the son of John Simpson, a civil servant, and Alice Berwick Simpson née Daniels. He attended Colet Court (where he was head boy) and was a scholar and prefect at St Paul’s Sc

Rita Auden was a surgeon at the London Hospital, until mental illness forced her to abandon her career. She was born in Simla, India, on 22 August 1942. Her father, John Bicknell Auden, was a geologist with the Geological Survey of India, and the last European to be appointed to the permanent cadre