Peter James was a consultant thoracic surgeon in Uganda and latterly a consultant radiologist at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester. He was born on 19 September 1921 in Nailsea, north Somerset, the son of Walter Ashman, a chartered surveyor, and Hilda Ashman née Kitley, a nurse who had served at sea w

Dennis Stoker was a consultant radiologist at the Royal National Orthopaedic and St George’s hospitals, London. He was born in London, the son of George Morris Stoker, a general practitioner, and Elsie Margaret ‘Peggy’ Stoker née McQueen. He was educated at Oundle School and then studied medicine at