Clive Young was able to combine a successful urological practice with a part-time military career happily uninterrupted by war. He was born on 22 October 1932 in Kingston, Jamaica, where his father, Archibald Hamilton, an electrical engineer, was then working. His mother was Lurline, née Chandler. T

Kenneth Mallett qualified from St Mary's Hospital in 1959 and after practising as ENT house surgeon decided to specialise in that field. He became a senior registrar in ENT at St Mary's, was a senior specialist in ENT in the Royal Air Force, and finally became consultant surgeon to the Lincoln Count