GODFREY FOWLER, aged 90
A university lecturer and GP, who treated Oxford’s elite, he was a medical research pioneer, but eventually he suffered a terrible personal tragedy.
ANNE PONSONBY, aged 98
After volunteering for the forces in the war, she was recruited by the SOE, playing a major role co-ordinating clandestine operations in occupied Europe.
JOHN DAVID GLADWIN, aged 77
An accomplished musician who performed in rock bands before becoming more ethereal. He played a notable set at Glastonbury before retiring for a quieter life.
GODFREY FOWLER, aged 90
A university lecturer and GP, who treated Oxford’s elite, he was a medical research pioneer, but eventually he suffered a terrible personal tragedy.
DEREK ROSE, aged 93
His father invented the pyjamas as we know them. He took over the family firm, selling luxury night ware to the rich and famous, being loved by his customers.
ANNE PONSONBY, aged 98
After volunteering for the forces in the war, she was recruited by the SOE, playing a major role co-ordinating clandestine operations in occupied Europe.
JOHN DAVID GLADWIN, aged 77
An accomplished musician who performed in rock bands before becoming more ethereal. He played a notable set at Glastonbury before retiring for a quieter life.
PETE WILKINSON, aged 78
Founder of Greenpeace, he was an environmentalist who protested about the dumping of nuclear waste and the slaughter of animals, and fought to save Antarctica.
JUDY PERCIVAL, aged 100
A dancer whose husband went to war, so she set off to the jungles of Asia to find him. Later on, she was the wife of an MP and friend to the Prime Minister.
CHRIS ‘SWAMPY’ GARRETT, aged 40
From the Isle of Man he volunteered in conflict zones, eventually becoming a non-combative bomb disposal expert in war torn Ukraine, costing him his life.
JOHN FOX, aged 86
A lecturer who founded his own performing arts company he was renown for spectacular shows and pyrotechnics. He rejuvenated a town in Cumbria.
LADY SALLY ASPINALL, aged 80
An aristocratic model, after her first husband was killed she married a millionaire who owned a zoo – and looking after animals became her role in life.
JUDITH FOUND, aged 77
A globe-trotting fashion designer with a taste for fast cars, she taught-and inspired – many of Britain’s leading designers and textile experts.
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