Born in Titchfield Common, Ken grew up in the New Forest as his father (known as "Pop" ,) worked for the Forestry Commission. Ken attended Lyndhurst School later winning a place at Gregg's Independent Commercial College in Southampton, where he studied short hand and typing. He could write 200 words a minute in short hand and always signed his cards in neat blue ink.

Called up for National Service he served 3 years in the Royal Air Force and later after his marriage to Maureen he returned and made it his career. Back as a Regular, he was fortunate, on occasions to be posted abroad married accompanied with Mo and their daughters Carole and Fiona to work with NATO in Norway, Belgium and France. Throughout his RAF career and beyond, Ken had not only been keen on cricket but he was also a stronger supporter of Portsmouth Football Club.

On completion of his 22yr service Ken became a veteran for the second time and was successful in obtaining the post of "Clerk of the Court" in both Southampton and Portsmouth and it was during these latter years that he and Mo took leisurely camping trips and holidays around Great Britain and following his retirement from the Courts they stretched their horizons and took the opportunity to travel around the world.

It is remembered that although professing to be neither a culinary expert nor a chef, at Christmastime he would excel in the preparation on his special Brandy Butter, which for some unknown, he was the only one who would eat ( - must have been a RAF recipe.)....Another thing he is remembered for is as being a dad who swore as he fixed things and - and - for singing in the shower. The dad who also sent his eldest daughter out in the rain to flash up and run the barbeque, while he sat watching from inside - with a pint...

He was Dad, you say, just "Dad" and that meant something different to each one of you. He said once that being a granddad was the best job he had ever ha. Even if meant dealing with me, Ellie, joking and playing with him, constantly twisting his hat back to front and tapping his -(very) - bald head. For this he should have been awarded, employee of the month.

He was the best Husband, Dad and Granddad in the entire universe.

Let us finish with a quote from A A Milne when Winnie the Poo said "How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye, so hard"