Leslie Le Quesne was professor of surgery at the Middlesex Hospital, London. He was born in Ashburton, Devon, on 24 August 1919. His father, Charles Thomas Le Quesne, was a prominent barrister, originally from Jersey; his mother, Florence Elizabeth Eileen Pearce Gould, was the granddaughter of Sir A

Colin Kirkham was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading and Newbury District Hospital. He was born on 14 January 1924 and studied medicine at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, qualifying in 1947. Prior to his consultant appointment, he held posts in London,

Charles Frederick Noon was a consultant general surgeon at King George and Barking hospitals, Essex. He was born in Norwich on 21 May 1923, the son of Charles Noon, a general surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and Cicely Elizabeth Ellen Noon née South, a nursing sister. He was educated at

Felix Weale was a consultant general and vascular surgeon at Dartford and Gravesend Hospital. He was born in Prague on 15 February 1925 and was a refugee to the United Kingdom in 1939. His father, Frederick Weil, was a journalist and a prominent critic of Hitler in the Czechoslovak press. He was edu

Peter Weston was a consultant accident and emergency surgeon in Nottingham. He was born in Oswestry, but spent his early years in Eastbourne, where amongst other things he taught himself to sail and thereby developed his love of the sea. He went to Chelmsford Hall Preparatory School and was then awa