John George Corson was a colorectal surgeon at Sunderland Royal Hospital. He was born on 30 November 1926 in Fareham, Hampshire, the youngest son of Eric Reid Corson, a naval officer, and Marjorie Miller Corson née Winants. He was educated at Wixenford School in Wokingham, West Downs School in Winch

David Geoffrey Failes was a colorectal surgeon. Born on 12 March 1924 in Syndey, he was the son of Geoffrey Christopher Failes, a grazier, and his wife Vera Tawmii Caroline Failes née Perry. He was educated at Sydney Boy’s High School and, at the age of eighteen, joined the Royal Australian Air Forc

John Pendower was a consultant surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London and Mayday Hospital, Croydon. He was born on 6 August 1927, less than ten years after the end of the First World War; his father had been a teenage infantryman on the Somme. He grew up through turbulent and exciting times, and