John Norman McMichael Schofield was born on 11 April 1926 in Teddington, Middlesex. He was the eldest son of James William Schofield, a consultant dental surgeon at the Middlesex and University College Hospitals in London and his wife Lena née McMichael, who was the daughter of an Edinburgh JP. Afte

Alan Fuller was an ENT surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He was born in Swansea on 18 March 1929, one of three sons, but the only one to survive more than 24 hours. His mother, Sarah Ann (née Williams), was later an hotelier and his father Frank Austin, who died when Alan was five years

Dick Williams was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital, London. He was born in London on 10 October 1924 to General Sir Guy Charles Williams and Ruth Eleanor Williams (née Coode), the younger of two sons. His father was a professional soldier, having served with distinction in the Firs