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[Jack Elliott] hoped to be a carpenter but carving fine objects in wood was to remain a leisure passion. He started work as a 14-year-old \"boy\" in an engineering works where his main job was to fetch the meat pies for the \"ten o'clock blow\". After apprenticeship and naval service he became a shop-steward, a Watford councillor and a board member of the Watford Theatre. He was a popular figure at our Devon extra-mural summer school - where he met [Pat] - throwing himself into academic work and social activity with his characteristic zest. Through adult education, Jack escaped from factory life, where his only satisfaction had come from union work.

[Janet Vaughan] will be remembered for her part in introducing into Britain the practice of storing blood for transfusion. The technique, which allowed stored blood to be used at the Front, had been developed in Spain during the Civil War by Dr Duran-Jordan. Janet Vaughan was deeply involved in providing medical help for the Spanish Republic. She was a member of the Spanish Medical Aid Committee, which sent doctors and nurses with ambulances and medical supplies to Spain, and she organised collections in support of the committee in Bloomsbury.