John C Lester

Service Record	From	To
Stirling Castle Int 4th Engineer	6/1957	10/1958
Riebeeck Castle Int 2nd Engineer	1/1959	6/1959
Tintagel Castle Int 2nd Engineer	7/1959	8/1959
Roslin Castle Int 2nd Engineer	1/1960	4/1960
Kenilworth Castle Jnr 2nd Engineer	5/1962	4/1963
Richmond Castle Snr 2nd Engineer	5/1963	1/1964
Roslin Castle Snr 2nd Engineer	7/1965	9/1965
Edinburgh Castle Int 2nd Engineer	9/1965	3/1966
SA Vaal Int 2nd Engineer	7/1966	1/1967
Capetown Castle 1st Engineer	4/1967	5/1967
Capetown Castle Snr 2nd Engineer	5/1967	9/1967
Reina Del Mar Snr 2nd Engineer	10/1967	11/1967
Windsor Castle Snr 2nd Engineer	12/1967	3/1968
Edinburgh Castle Ex 2nd Engineer	11/1969	8/1970
SA Vaal 2nd Engineer	7/1971	5/1972
SA Vaal 1st Engineer	6/1972	10/1972
SA Vaal 2nd Engineer	11/1972	1/1973
SA Vaal 1st Engineer	5/1973	6/1973

I have just heard in a letter from his children Catherine, David and Alan that he died on Wednesday 12th June 2019 having suffered a cardiac arrest subsequent to spinal surgery in April.

John's wife Barbara (nee Wheeler) was a Nursing Sister with U-C and pre-deceased him in 2000.

He had been a great supporter of our reunions and also joined us on a couple of our World Cruise adventures.

Funeral details are not yet known, but donations in John's memory may be made to the Parkinsons Society c/o the Funeral Directors,

Alan Greenwood Funeral Service,

128a Oatlands Drive,

Weybridge, Surrey KT13 9HL.

From Davy Dawson

Sailed with John many times....a good friend and ship mate.. RIP

From Chris Dadson

I sailed with both John and Barbara, two lovely people. RIP.

From Robin Brown

Very sad. May he rest in peace. Amen