Gerald Edward Flatman was director of the Glasgow Institute of Radiotherapy and Oncology, and a consultant radiotherapist at the Western and Royal infirmaries, Stobhill Hospital, the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Glasgow Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital. He was also an honorary lecturer in radio

Christopher John Lester Thurgar studied medicine at University College Hospital, London, where he was an assistant in the surgical unit and the Cancer Registry. He became director of the Regional Radiotherapy Service and radiotherapist to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. He was made a Fell

Ralph Francis Phillips was born in London on 8 May 1903 the son of Lorraine Phillips, a printer, and Emma, née Kerrison. At the age of ten he went to Christ's Hospital, where he remained for nine years until he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School. There he won the junior scholarship in