TED CORDERY, aged 96
Serving in the Royal Navy during the war, he was on the arctic convoys before being present at D-Day. In later life he stood up to a notorious media mogul.
CHARLOTTE ‘BETTY’ WEBB, aged 101
After joining the army during the war, she became a codebreaker working at Bletchley Park, before being seconded to the USA and being employed at the Pentagon.
PATRICIA CROWTHER, aged 97
An actress who discovered spirituality and became a High Priestess of Wicca – a white witch. She was a broadcaster – and used her powers for healing and good.
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.
JEANNE BOWKER, aged 93
Growing up in Norfolk in wartime, she was a talented actress who became a teacher. She dedicated her life to good causes.
GEORGE ABENDSTERN, aged 88
A refugee from Germany he spent most of his life working in industrial Lancashire, whilst pursuing many political activist causes – making a difference.
RUSSELL HARDY, aged 80
A jazz musician who formed a band with Ian Dury, he was on the verge of success when he quit to become a successful carpenter – returning to the stage just once.
NOREEN RIOLS, aged 98
Working for the SOE during the war, she helped train spies that went to France to fight the Nazis. Her job was to ensure agents were ready and fit for purpose.
WILLIAM CAIN, aged 85
A trained lawyer from the Isle of Man he was responsible for modernising the island’s laws – and also for protecting it’s heritage and wildlife.
MICHAEL BURNS, aged 87
A pioneering cameraman who worked on iconic television programmes before becoming an independent film maker. He was also a historian specialising in cricket..
NORMAN PILCHER, aged 85
Part of the Drug Squad of the Metropolitan Police in the Swinging Sixties, he set out to arrest celebrities, but he was extremely corrupt and ended up in prison himself.
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