Nowell Peach was a GP surgeon in Horsham, Sussex. He was born in Bristol on 30 June 1913, the son of Alec Hamilton Peach, an insurance agent, and Madeleine Lucy Pugh Peach née White. He was educated at Clifton College and went on to study medicine at the University of Bristol's medical school, quali

Richard Anthony Payne, known to all as 'Tony', was a consultant general surgeon at the North Middlesex Hospital in London. He was born on 17 July 1921, in Worcester, the son of Herbert George Payne, a master at Haberdasher's Aske's School, and Jessica Sweeney. He was educated at his father's school

Donald Harrison was a leading ear, nose and throat surgeon who campaigned against chewing tobacco. He was born in Portsmouth on 9 March 1925, the son of Frederick William Rees Harrison OBE JP, the principal of the College of Technology for Monmouthshire, and Florence Norris. He was educated at Newpo