James Gordon Kendall was an orthopaedic surgeon who became medical director of Derwen College for the Disabled in Oswestry, Shropshire. He qualified in medicine from Birmingham University and passed the conjoint examination of the college the same year. An early appointment was as senior registrar t

John Neville Ormrod was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon in Kent. He was born in Birmingham on 12 December 1922 to James Ormrod, a dental surgeon, and Dorothy Ormrod née Wilson. His early schooling was in Birmingham at Chigwell House and Lickey Hills preparatory schools, and then at Aldenham School,

Richard James Bennett (or 'Jim' as he was universally known) was a consultant ENT surgeon in Birmingham. He was born on 24 July 1921 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. His father, James Bennett, worked as a potter. Jim was educated at St Joseph's School in Stoke and later progressed to Birmingham Uni

George Watts was a general surgeon at Birmingham General Hospital. He was born on 20 February 1923 in Walsall, Staffordshire, the son of George Watts, a tax inspector, and Helen Watts. He attended King Edward’s Grammar School Birmingham, where he was awarded a foundation scholarship, and then he was