Munindra Nigel Blackburn was a consultant in trauma and orthopaedics at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, and a consultant in orthopaedic surgery at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. He was born in Bombay, India, on 17 January 1949, the only son of William Henry Blackburn, an art director.

Vid Moshakis was a consultant surgeon at Leicester. He was born in Athens, where his father Jhon was an accountant. His mother was Eudokia Karamolegoy. At Anauryta National School he won a scholarship in medical studies which took him to the London Hospital, where he was a brilliant student, taking

Nikitas Alfred Theodorou was a consultant general surgeon at Charing Cross and West Middlesex hospitals, London. Although born in London on 23 July 1948 and completely anglicised in every way, there was no doubt he always maintained his Greek heart. This was reflected in his annual pilgrimage for on