Matthew James Young

Abstract

Matt was born in Hampshire and attended Prices Grammar School. He was advised to follow either a career with the Forestry Commission or in medicine—he opted for the latter, becoming the first in his family to attend university. He spent his pre-clinical year at King’s College London in the Strand where he met his future wife, Donya. He graduated in 1986 and trained as a GP on the Sidcup scheme. Matt was a good, kind man, and applied these attributes unequivocally to those he came across both in and out of work. He had …