John Cogan did his medical training in Manchester and then specialised in ophthalmology, doing his training in the United Liverpool Hospitals and the North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke on Trent. He was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Chester Royal Infirmary and the Wrexham Hospital Group,

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,

After qualifying in 1946 Raymond Bottoms held house officer posts at Mansfield Hospital and King Edward Hospital, Chesterfield, before doing his National Service in the RAF, where he was a staff specialist at Halton from 1949 to 1951. He obtained the FRCS in 1955, was a registrar at Mayday Hospital

Noel Pizey was born on 19 December 1922. He trained in medicine at St Thomas's Hospital, where he qualified in 1946. After junior posts he specialised in radiotherapy, becoming senior registrar in the department of radiotherapy at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and senior radiotherapy and surgic

John Edward Price was born in London in 1920. He trained at King's College Hospital during the war. Afterwards he worked as a consultant surgeon to the Ministry of Health in East Nigeria, and later for the National Iranian Oil Company. His last move was to Canada, where he was for a time on the surg

Alec Daws, neurosurgeon at Royal Preston Hospital, was born on 26 July 1922 at Goadby Marwood, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, the son of Walter Arthur Daws, a severely disabled Canadian war pensioner, and his wife, Ruth Anne. His early school days were spent at the Victoria School, Montreal, but he

Keith Roberts was a consultant cardiothoracic paediatric surgeon in Birmingham. He was born on 15 February 1923 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, the only child of the Reverend Meredith Danford Roberts, a Congregational minister, and his wife, Caroline Lettie Roberts née Stuart, a teacher born in South Afr

Barbara Ansell was a pioneering paediatric rheumatologist. She was born in Warwick on 30 August 1923 and studied medicine at Birmingham University. At first she wanted to be a cardiologist but developed an interest in rheumatology when she was appointed to the Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital in

Philip Paton-Philip was a consultant urologist at Epsom and District Hospital and St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, also serving as a senior lecturer to St George's Hospital Medical School with honorary consultant status. He was born in Cambridge on 12 September 1922, the eldest son of Wilfrid Paton

William Denny was an ENT surgeon in St Helier, Jersey. He was born on 18 January 1921 at Arrathorne, Tadworth, Surrey, the son of James Risk Denny, who became a ship builder’s agent (Denny Brothers, Shipbuilders, Dunbarton) after leaving the Army. His mother was Nellie Scott née Roy. He was educated

Kingsley Lawrance was born in London on 22 July 1924, into a Quaker family. His father, Henry, was a builder and contractor. His mother was Elsie Ruth née Ramsbotham. He was educated at Highgate School, from which he went to St Bartholomew's, qualifying in 1946. After a year on the house at Bart's,

Peter Bevan was professor of surgery at Birmingham and a former vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He was born in Birmingham on 13 December 1922, of Welsh and Yorkshire roots, the elder son of Thomas John Bevan, a Congregational minister who served as a chaplain at Gallipoli