Obituaries

David Knipe with the then Sophie, Countess of Wessex Almost 600 mourners turned out on Monday at St John’s Church,...

Major Alan Donaldson Major Alan Donaldson was a much-loved family man and a well-known figure in charitable circles in Eden...

Tommy Coulthard The Lake District lost a true champion of its native dialect with the death of Tommy Coulthard, of...

Simon Davidson Simon Davidson was born and raised in Cheshire, but moved alone aged 16 to Brougham when he left...

Alan Rothwell The funeral takes place on Monday of a long-standing maths teacher and deputy head at Keswick School who...

Alison Dumont Popular retired headteacher and active community member Alison Dumont has died at home, aged 82, in the arms...

Alby Douglas, who died last month at the age of 73, was a family man, a well-known police officer, and...

Bob Bradney, whose career took him across the globe before he settled in a quiet Eden village to follow his...

John Gordon Hamlin died peacefully on 9th October in the Cumberland Infirmary from complications following a fall — the end...

Retired physics teacher Lynn Miller, affectionately known by generations of Appleby Grammar School pupils as Dusty, has died at the...