Michael Dixon was born in Esher on 14 August 1922. During the second world war he studied medicine at London University and trained at St Mary’s Hospital, passing his MB,BS in 1944. He did house jobs at St Mary’s and at the Central Middlesex Hospital before becoming surgeon in charge of the Varicose

Arthur Nurick was chief medical officer to Williamson Diamonds Ltd, Tanzania, and later a general practitioner in Western Australia. He was the third and last child of Max Nurick, a north London GP, and Annie Nurick. After Haberdashers' Aske's School, he entered the Middlesex Hospital Medical School

Peter London, known by all as 'PSL', was one of a group of far-sighted surgeons who believed fervently in improvements in the treatment and prognosis of victims of trauma. He led team three at the world's first trauma centre in Bath Row, Birmingham, known until 1974 as the Birmingham Accident Hospit

Ken Owen was a well-known urologist in London with an international reputation, particularly in the Middle East and throughout Europe, especially in Scandinavia and Italy. His first consultant appointment was as a general surgeon to the Royal Northern Hospital in 1957, succeeding McNeill Love, who s