Arthur Bateman ('Bryan') was born on 7 December 1913 in London, the son of Dr Alfred Benjamin Bateman, a general practitioner, and his wife Gwendoline Florence, née Grey. He was educated at Oundle and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He recorded that he assisted and was influenced by Sir James Paterson Ro

Patrick Hunter Jobson was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon at Guildford. He was born in Ilford, Essex, on 19 December 1913, the son of Thomas Battersby Jobson MD, a consultant otolaryngologist, and Muriel Catherine Dorothea née Maconechy, whose father was a clergyman. Jobson was a direct de

Leslie Frederick William Salmon, known as 'Sam', was a consultant otolaryngologist at Guy's Hospital. He was born on 10 December 1913, in Shepherd's Bush, London, where his father was a businessman. He was educated at Rutlish School and Guy's, where he won the Charles Oldham prize in ophthalmology.