Dear all
John had been battling with Leukaemia for about 9 months and the follwiong has been copied from the RAF Armourers website. For all who knew him, it will be a sad loss. I'm a fairy Sneck and have known John for 3 years and thought he was an all round bon oeuf. It's a rotten time of year to pass away, but please rest assured that the Sqn are doing all they can to ease the pain for his family.
Friends,
It with the sadest of hearts that I have to announce that John Longstaff passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of Sat 23 Dec 2006.
Please be assured that he was comfortable during his final hours and he fought to the end. At this point there is very little else I can add.
The funeral service for John will take place on Fri 5th Jan 07 at 14:00 in St George's Church, RAF Marham; followed by the burial in the Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Marham village. After the burial it is planned to hold a wake in the WO & Sgts'Mess.
Yvonne has asked that no flowers be sent and instead donations to Shouldham Ward at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn would be greatly appreciated. A collection will be made during the service and the proceeds will be forwarded to Shouldham Ward.
The policy line is Service personnel are to wear No1 Dress with medals; Officers, gloves and black arm bands, but I'm sure that the most important bit is that you get there if you can.
There is a limited amount of Service accommodation available, but the various mess' will not be open until the new year and I'm sure will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Should you require further information please contact me at "tomthompson_uk@yahoo.co.uk" or from next Wednesday 3rd Jan 07 at work on 01760 337261 Ext 3512.
Finally, I hope to put a book together for Yvonne and the girls of Johns exploits both large and small. Any short stories that you wish to pen up and send along with any pictures you have would be gratefully received.
Please pass this information on to all, if anyone can put it onto e-goat I'd appreciate it. Hope to see a lot of you next Friday, in the mean time have a great New Year.
Tom Thompson.
John had been battling with Leukaemia for about 9 months and the follwiong has been copied from the RAF Armourers website. For all who knew him, it will be a sad loss. I'm a fairy Sneck and have known John for 3 years and thought he was an all round bon oeuf. It's a rotten time of year to pass away, but please rest assured that the Sqn are doing all they can to ease the pain for his family.
Friends,
It with the sadest of hearts that I have to announce that John Longstaff passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of Sat 23 Dec 2006.
Please be assured that he was comfortable during his final hours and he fought to the end. At this point there is very little else I can add.
The funeral service for John will take place on Fri 5th Jan 07 at 14:00 in St George's Church, RAF Marham; followed by the burial in the Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Marham village. After the burial it is planned to hold a wake in the WO & Sgts'Mess.
Yvonne has asked that no flowers be sent and instead donations to Shouldham Ward at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn would be greatly appreciated. A collection will be made during the service and the proceeds will be forwarded to Shouldham Ward.
The policy line is Service personnel are to wear No1 Dress with medals; Officers, gloves and black arm bands, but I'm sure that the most important bit is that you get there if you can.
There is a limited amount of Service accommodation available, but the various mess' will not be open until the new year and I'm sure will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Should you require further information please contact me at "tomthompson_uk@yahoo.co.uk" or from next Wednesday 3rd Jan 07 at work on 01760 337261 Ext 3512.
Finally, I hope to put a book together for Yvonne and the girls of Johns exploits both large and small. Any short stories that you wish to pen up and send along with any pictures you have would be gratefully received.
Please pass this information on to all, if anyone can put it onto e-goat I'd appreciate it. Hope to see a lot of you next Friday, in the mean time have a great New Year.
Tom Thompson.
