Patrick Brendan Moroney received his medical education from Liverpool University and from St Bartholomew's and Guy's Hospitals, qualifying with the conjoint diploma in 1931 and graduating MB ChB at Liverpool in the same year. He gained his Fellowship in 1935 and two years later obtained the MChir Or

John Howell Hughes was born on 25 October 1908, in Liverpool, to John Hughes, a builder, and Anne Ellen, née Williams. He was educated at Liverpool Collegiate School, where he was captain of rugby, and went on to study medicine at Liverpool University. After qualifying, he was house surgeon and hous