Gerald ('Charlie') Westbury was professor of surgery and director of the Institute of Cancer Research at the Royal Marsden Hospital. He was born in London on 29 July 1927, the elder son of Lew and Celia Westbury. His parents were of Eastern European Jewish origin and his father was a tailor. After a

Kenneth Christopher Howard (Ken) Fearon was professor of surgical oncology at the University of Edinburgh. He was born in Glasgow on 3 August 1960. He attended St Aloysius' College in Glasgow and studied medicine at the University of Glasgow. He was an exceptional student and graduated with honours

Born on 22 February 1880, second child and eldest son of the four sons and three daughters of William George Rowntree, MRCS 1874, of Islington, and his wife, *née* Kirkby. He was educated at Islington High School, University College, London, and the Middlesex Hospital, where he won the Murray schola