Dorothy Knott was born on 15 April 1914. Educated at St Felix School, Southwold and the London School of Medicine for Women she graduated in 1939. After holding resident appointments at the Three Counties Hospital, Arlesley, which was linked with the Royal Free Hospital under the Emergency Medical S

John Eric Richardson was a consultant surgeon at the London Hospital. He was born on 24 February 1916, to Beatrice née Sharpe and Cecil George Richardson, a general practitioner in Loughborough. He was educated at Clifton, where he played rugby in the 1st XV, and entered the London Hospital Medical