John Blake was a consultant surgeon at Mayday and Shirley Oaks hospitals, Croydon, and St Anthony's Hospital in Cheam. He was born on 7 February 1932. He was educated at Cambridge University and Westminster Hospital Medical School. He was a house surgeon at St James' Hospital, Balham, and then be

John Stuart Bailey (or 'JCB') was a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon in Leicester. He was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, and spent his early years in Cairo, before being evacuated in 1940 to Durban and on to England. He was educated at Sherborne School, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and St

John Richard Havers-Strong, generally known as Richard Strong, was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Conquest Hospital, St Leonards-on-Sea. Educated at Oundle School and Queens' College, Cambridge, where his father had attended 30 years previously, Richard became energetically involved in rowing, c

Paul Folca was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Torbay Hospital, Devon. He was born on 29 July 1933 in Cheltenham to Joseph and Cecilia Folca. His father had trained as an ecclesiastical joiner and worked at the renowned furniture design company Gordon Russell. During the Second World War, he work

Brian Richards was a nationally recognised researcher into bladder cancer. He was born on 20 August 1934 in Cambridge, the son of Francis Alan Richards, a consultant physician, and Mary Loveday née Murray, the daughter of a professor of divinity. He was educated at Kingshot Preparatory School, Epsom

Derek Richards was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Eastbourne District General Hospital, East Sussex. He was born on 12 November 1934 in Middlesbrough to William Richards and Grace Winifred Richards née Funnell. A younger sister, Barbara, was born four years later. As a child during the Second W

John Richard Bartlett was a consultant neurosurgeon at the Brook Hospital, Woolwich, and later at King's College Hospital, London. He was born on 18 January 1934, the son of Justin Bartlett, a GP in Saffron Walden, and his wife Elsie (née Wright), who was also a doctor. Aged 10, he was given a book