John Humphrey Neame was an ENT surgeon in Norwich. He was born in London on 14 July 1926, the eldest son of Humphrey Neame, an ophthalmological surgeon on the staff of Moorfields Hospital, and Minnie née Goodwin. Neame followed his father to Cheltenham College and then went to Lincoln High School, P

Venkataswamy Maddimsetti Naidu was born in Madras on 22 March 1909, the son of Sitiah Naidu, a magistrate. His early education was at schools in Karinada and Raramudry in Madras and then he entered Andhra Medical College. After qualifying he was tutor in physiology and during the war years served in

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

George Milner was born on 26 May 1922 in Kingston, Jamaica, where his father, Edgar Webb Milner, was an accountant. His mother was Ida Emerett née Dixon. Educated at Kingston College, he went on to the University of Aberdeen to study medicine. On graduating, he returned to Jamaica to be a casualt

Maurice Brown was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1930. He was educated at the Wilderness School, Pulteney Grammar, St Peter's College and the University of Adelaide Medical School. He was a brilliant student, topping the state in honours mathematics and gaining high credits throughout his med

Barrie Pedder Scrivener, or 'Baz', was a distinguished otolaryngologist based in Sydney. He was born at Mount Irvine in the Blue Mountains on 3 August 1927. His father, Percy Pedder Scrivener, was town clerk at Katoomba, and had won the Military Cross at Gallipoli. His grandfather, Charles Scrivener