James Freeman was a consultant ENT surgeon in Bristol. He studied medicine at Middlesex Hospital Medical School and qualified in 1940. He gained his FRCS in 1948 and his diploma in laryngology and otology in 1950. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a house surgeon at the Royal National Thr

Harold Holmwood Renyard was a consultant surgeon in Nottingham and Newark. The son of a south London policeman, he studied medicine at King's College Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1940. During the Blitz he worked as a casualty officer, and later served as a surgeon lieutenant in the Navy