Elysium Photograph

Elysium or the Elysian Fields (Ancient Greek: Ἠλύσιον πεδίον, Ēlýsion pedíon) is a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by certain Greek religious and philosophical sects and cults. Initially separate from the realm of Hades, admission was reserved for mortals related to the gods and other heroes. Later, it expanded to include those chosen by the gods, the righteous, and the heroic, where they would remain after death, to live a blessed and happy life, and indulging in whatever employment they had enjoyed in life.


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Des Woods

 

Caroline Rochester

 

Margrethe-de-Neergaard

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Hugh Chapman

Dave Bentley

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Marie Nally 1955 - 1998

Download Marie's Funeral Service here

 

Ralph Merrifield
The Independent

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John Chinca

From Tim Ellis with many thanks. John at my place in Hornsby 1992 ( I think). We kept in touch until he passed 1996. He’d just been to see Frankie Howerd. Hope this helps, he was such a gentle soul

 

Jo Groves

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Prince Chitwood
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Kikar Singh

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Susan Banks

 

Simon Grant

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Alan Vince
The Guardian

 

Penny MacConnoran

Click London Archaeologist PDF to download
Penny's tribute by Lyn Blackmore, Ian Blair and Jackie Keily
and
here to download ‘Ode to Penny’ PDF, the reading that
was given as a celebration of her life at her funeral service.

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Bill White
The Guardian

Marcus Casey RIP

Markus Casey
1957 - 2008

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Geoff Egan RIP

Geoff Egan
1951 - 2010
PDF

 

Tony McKenna RIP

Tony McKenna
Harvey Sheldon PDF

 

Dickie Bluer RIP

Dickie Bluer
PDF

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Graham KenlinGraham Kenlin
13th February 1953 - 30th December 2013

Alan Gammon RIPAlan Gammon
PDF

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Jane Squirrel RIPJane Squirrell
Jane worked in the Environmental Lab and left round about 1980 for the National Maritime. Very lively, full of joie-de-vivre, certainly one of Hobley's Heroines. She died in September [2015] at the age of sixty after a long battle with cancer.

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Liz Howe 604

Liz Howe Tribute
PDF

Denis Ballard RIPDenis Ballard

(1920–2016)

 

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Ivor Noel-HumeIvor Noël Hume (1927—2017):
the career of a trans-atlantic archaeologist remembered by Ian Blair and Bruce Watson. Published in the Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Volume 67 2016


 

 

Val TurnbullPercival (Val) Turnbull
d. August 2016

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Bill McCann
Click here to read
"Remembering Bill McCann" by Ian Blair

Derek Keene photograph

Derek Keene
1942 - 2021
Click here to read Derek's obituary by Mathew Davies

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Pete Clark on site - Copthall Avenue 1981

Peter Clark
1959 - 2021
Click here to read Peter Clark - a Tribute by Paul Bennett

Above: Pete at Copthall Avenue in 1981,
his first site in London with the DUA.

 

Eric NortonEric Norton
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"Remembering Eric Norton" by Ian Blair

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GINA on site at Wood Street 1986Gina Porter
1957 - 2021
Click here to read "In memory of Gina Porter 1957 - 2021"
by Ian Blair

 

 

Nick FarrantNick Fuentes (Farrant)
1934 - 2010

Click here to read/download Clive Orton's obituary
"an appreciation of Nick Fuentes"
London Archaeologist Autumn 2010


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Chris Phillpotts Chris Phillpotts
1955 - 2013
Click here to read an obitury from the

Crickley Hill Excavation blog

 
Bruno Barber LA Obituary photo of BrunoBruno Barber
1962 - 2022

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roberta photo 300pxRoberta Tomber
1954 - 2022

 

Angus Stephenson photographs from Kevin WooldridgeAngus Stephenson
1950 - 2023

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Elias Kupfermann photo 16may23 300w

 Elias Kupfermann
1965 - 2022


 

Friederike 10feb23Friederike Hammer
1934 - 2023

Ian's Obituary published in the London Archaeologist  Autumn 2023

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Hobley photo 1973Brian Hobley (1930 - 2023)

Brian Hobley Chief Urban Archaeologist 1972 - 1989 passed away on 16th November 2023. He was 93. He had a fall the week before which resulted in multiple fractures. He died in hospital a week later of hospital-acquired pneumonia. The funeral service was held on 7th December 2023 at Canley Crematorium Coventry.

 

Chris FennChris Fenn (1958 - 2022)

 

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