He is survived by his wife Mel, children: Janet, John and Michael and his grandchildren: Steven, Eva, Francesca, Alfie, Imogen and Joseph - he was very proud of them all! He outlived his beloved first wife and daughter; Betty and Lesley by many, many years

Due to the horrid current situation the funeral has to be for immediate family only.

John was a larger than life character and his funeral will be celebrated once restrictions are lifted by a memorial mass at St Joseph's Church, and hopefully a wake at The Rampant Cat. Memorial details will be published in due course. He always did it his way!”

(Published in Newbury Today, 16 April 2020)

John’s wife Mel has advised that his funeral service will be held on Tuesday 5th May 2020 at 10.00am at the Service Chapel West Berkshire and a live webcast may be viewed between approx 9.55am and 11.05am using these details:

website is www.obitus.com
username is west6297
password 840763

By default there is 150 viewer limit on this webcast(*).

Please use this username and password if you wish to login to the website at anytime; and it is strongly recommended to do this to test the connection. Once the service has finished it will take up to 3 working days to get the 28 day ‘Watch again’ facility onto the website.

Family flowers only and Donations in John’s memory are welcome for

the RNLI or the Injured Jockey's Fund
c/o Camp Hopson Funerals
90 West Street
Newbury RG14 1HA

Tel: 01635 522210

Our sincere condolences go to John's family and friends.

(*) Funeral directors Camp Hopson Funerals have advised that the webcasting systems is a basic single camera at the back of the Chapel and reliant on a lot of things outside of their control, eg users internet speed. Unfortunately they cannot accept liability if this service is unavailable. For terms and conditions please visit the website.