Peter Charles Leeson was a consultant ENT surgeon at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Kent. He was born on 1 October 1920 and studied medicine at Guy's Hospital Medical School, qualifying MB BS in 1945. He gained his FRCS in 1956 and his diploma in laryngology and otology (DLO) in 1958. He trained at th

John Dixon Glanville was a consultant ENT surgeon for the Salisbury group of hospitals and Swindon and district hospitals. He was born on 15 January 1922. His father, Walter Josolyne Glanville, was an officer in the Army; his mother was Kathleen Glanville née Dixon. His older brother, Hugh Josolyne

Robert Pracy was director of the department of otolaryngology at Liverpool University. He was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire on 19 September 1921. His father, Douglas Sherrin Pracy, was a surgeon; his mother was Gwendoline Blanche Pracy née Power. He was educated at Berkhamsted School and then wen

Robin Francis McNab Jones, a much-respected leading ENT surgeon, was a consultant at both St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, where for five years he also served as dean of the Institute of Laryngology and Otology (from 1971 to 1976). He was born

Percy Winston, the second child and only son of Joseph Winston, a furrier, was born in London on 5 February 1922. He was educated at the Grocers' Company Grammar School and then went to the London Hospital Medical College. He qualified in 1945 and took several resident appointments before entering t

Eiron Jones was born on 6 June 1921 in Putney, London, of Welsh parents. His father, John, was a master dairyman and his mother was Mary Jane, née Davey. He was educated at Latymer Upper School, and this was followed by medical training at the London Hospital Medical College between 1940 and 1945, d