Born on 12 May 1920 youngest son of Hubert Chitty FRCS, consulting surgeon to Bristol Royal Infirmary, he was educated at Clifton College and won an exhibition to Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he took second-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, part I, 1940. He trained at University College

A renowned ear surgeon, Stuart Mawson was a consultant otolaryngologist at King’s College Hospital, London. He was born on 4 March 1918 in London. His father, Alec Robert Mawson, was chief officer of the parks’ department of the London County Council. His mother, Ena Grossmith, was an actress and th

John Baily was born in Southampton on 29 June 1919, the only son of Guy Baily, an engineer, and of his wife, Kathleen Mary, née Tarrant. His father was at sea while John was a boy, so during his early years he lived with his grandparents in Glasgow. His first school was Glasgow Academy, where his fa