OBITUARIES
The IC 1968 , Debasis Roychoudhury front row third from left
DR DEBASIS ROYCHOUDHURY 1950-2020
Dr Debasis Roychoudhury , known as Roy to his friends , was born in Calcutta on 9 June 1950 . He went to Calcutta Boys ’ School where he took an interest in sport , especially hockey . After passing his Senior Cambridge examinations his parents sent him to Sevenoaks School in 1966 to study A-levels . He was a boarder in the International Centre and learned to adapt to a new environment and culture and played cricket for the school ’ s 2nd XI .
In 1968 Debasis went to London Hospital Medical College ; he graduated with a BSC ( Hons ) in Biochemistry , and later a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery ( MBBS ) degree . During those years he tried his hand at dramatics and joined the Tagoreans , the oldest Bengali cultural organisation in the UK . He played the bangle seller in Tagore ’ s Chandalika in London and toured with the group in a minibus around Europe . He also joined the university hockey club and won the trophy for the hospital in 1974 .
Debasis went on to train in General Practice and gained further qualifications : Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists , Diploma in Musculoskeletal Medicine and Diploma in Cardiology . He spent his working life devoted to his patients . He took time out to serve as Medical Officer in the 1986 Hockey World Cup in London and the 1987 Veterans Tournament in Australia , in which he also played . He continued playing hockey internationally with Havering Hockey Club until 2008 .
Debasis enjoyed the simplest pleasures in life . Throughout his life he touched many people with his generosity and kindness .
Debjani Roychoudhury
PAUL KEMPTON 1951-2021
My younger brother Paul was born in North London . The family moved to Sevenoaks in 1953 where he attended St Thomas ’ primary school , then Sevenoaks School from 1963 to 1970 .
Paul was a member of the athletics and rugby teams and will be remembered as one of the ‘ bouncers ’ practising three to four hours daily after school in Johnson Hall ( then a gym ). With James Forder , son of the housemaster of School House , he was a leading light in the squad that won the senior team prize in the Kent Schools Trampoline Championships in 1966 , and he was selected to compete for England in the European Schools Championships in Germany later that year .
He originally intended to qualify as a building surveyor , but decided to switch to insurance , joining Pickford , Dawson & Holland , which later merged with Lloyd Thompson and Jardine Matheson , where he met his wife Sally in 1980 . Paul lived and breathed insurance , so he and Sally resolved to strike out on their own and set up Sennocke International Insurance Services Limited in 1990 , initially with three employees . Based in Sevenoaks , the company quickly expanded thanks to Paul ’ s broad knowledge of the insurance market and his drive and determination to succeed .
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