Syed Majid received his medical education at Patna University, qualifying MB BS there in 1957 and gaining his University's MS in 1963. Coming to Britain he obtained his FRCS in 1967 and practised as a GP in North London before becoming consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Manor House Hospital in 1989.

Sandy Nield was born in Adelaide on 16 September 1931, the son of Hugh Kingsley Nield, a grain merchant, and Dorothy Hammond, née Cowell. He attended St Peter's College, Adelaide, whence he won a university bursarship to Adelaide University Medical School. There he won the Dr Davies Thomas scholarsh

Clifton James Luke was born in Sydney, Australia, on 25 April 1925, the only son of Clive Herbert Luke, a businessman, and Dorothy May (nee Mullaney) whose father was Mayor of Goulburn, New South Wales, and whose great grandfather had been the Professor of Botany at Dublin University. His educati