Dave and I both attended the Royal Hospital School in Suffolk this school had been described as the Cradle of the Navy and All Our Fathers had been in the Navy we all lived in boarding houses that had been named after famous Admirals Dave was in St Vincent and I was in cornwallis my best friends were in St Vincent and I take this opportunity of also remembering Phil Pugh known as pug h and Rob Hunter we were in the same class and were not known for our academic prowess things however would different different on the sports field Dave played in the first team for rugby football and cricket he was an outstanding sportsman and buy a win on points beat me in the school boxing championship I however b o w l e d him out along with Phil in the inter house cricket finals cornwallis w o n Dave and Phil shared a flat together in Mill Hill North London and I live close by we all played football together with another old boy and great friend called Pat Horton all have all have passed away and I I'm the survivor it is all rather sad David had a great sense of humour and I remember the three of us went camping to a place called East Bergholt we arrived at dusk and pitched camp we had walked some distance and we're not aware of our surroundings I remember the next morning when David open the tent door to exclaim bloody hell that balls got knackers like tombstones we rapidly decamped we both continue to play rugby David for Mill Hill which he captained and me for the wasps 10th team sport was very important to us all I think my main memory of David was his good humour but he was also kind generous hospitable and a man of integrity he was a good man a loving husband 2 Jan and a wonderful father to the boys I guess in our own way albeit imperfectly we tried to follow Christ it is that's my belief that David is now with Christ and I really mean this he is now at peace and may we all thank God for his life