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William Drury was born in Burton-on-Trent, England, in 1876. He studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and became an army chaplain, serving in the Boer War and the First World War. Whilst stationed in Woolwich he developed an interest in civilian life, attending lectures by an expert on poor law and housing. He attached himself to a charitable society and studied its theory and methods of work, and involved himself in debates of the Christian Social Union. As a result of this, he developed an interest in urban planning, and researched and wrote extensively on the subject. He was a founder member of the English Linear Cities Association. He left the army in the mid 1920s and became rector at Binsted, near Arundel, Sussex where he lived for the rest of his life.

Neil Rafeek was born in London, the middle of three brothers. His father Taureq Rafeek was a town planner and the family regularly moved with his work. From London they moved to Bristol, then Edinburgh (where Neil attended primary school), then Sunderland. Neil Rafeek's experience at secondary school there prevented him from successfully completing his early education. Leaving with just one O-level, he entered the building trade to train as a bricklayer. Subsequently he enrolled at the University of Strathclyde as a mature student and went on to do a PhD on women in the Communist party in Scotland 1920-1991 (1998). It was the first oral history based PhD awarded in the Department of History. Rafeek actively helped to build, manage and run the Scottish Oral History Centre (SOHC) at the University of Strathclyde.

Ronnie Scott was a student at the University of Strathclyde from 1975 to 1978. His principal subjects were English and Sociology.

Manager of plantation in St. Croix.

John Armour was born on 29 July 1900 in Glasgow, to Andrew James Raeburn Armour and Annie Stevenson Armour, neé Inglis. His father was a lithographic artist, and the family, including John's two younger sisters, Janet and Jean, and younger brother, James, lived in the Partick area of the city.

In 1912, John was admitted to Allan Glen's School, where, in session 1917-1918, he came top of Form 6 to be named Dux of the School. Both he and his younger sister, Janet Foote Armour, then went on to study chemistry at the Royal Technical College of Glasgow (RTC). John qualified for the RTC's Associateship in Chemistry in 1923, gaining the degree of BSc in Chemistry from the University of Glasgow in the same year (at that time, the RTC was affiliated to the University of Glasgow and students aiming for a pure science or engineering degree could take classes at both institutions). Whilst studying, he also served as a District Cubmaster in the Boy Scouts Association, gaining his Akela Badge in 1923.

John Armour subsequently worked in industry, as a chemist in the Print Works at Graham's Trading Company, Braço de Prata, near Lisbon, Portugal. He then moved to England, where he was employed in the Research Department of the Calico Printers' Association in Manchester. He latterly lived in Bury, Lancashire, with his wife and son. He reportedly had a wicked, dry sense of intellectual humour; an interest in the use of forensic methods to solve crimes, and a love of dahlias, to which he devoted his garden.

Shipping company based in Rotterdam.

Merchant based in Copenhagen.

Engineering company based in Glasgow.