Harry Beagley qualified at the University of Otago in 1946 and came to England to specialise in ENT surgery. He returned to Auckland as a consultant ENT surgeon, but came back to London as a consultant otologist at the Nuffield Hearing and Speech Centre of the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hosp

Denis Barley qualified from King's College Hospital where he won scholarships in anatomy and physiology, was house physician and house surgeon, and specialised in ENT, becoming senior registrar in the ENT department at King's. He served in the RAMC as Major and then became a consultant ENT surgeon i