Peter had been living in a care home, close to his home in West Yorkshire, for some months. He also recently lost his wife Merle.

A regular IEC attendee, Peter was without doubt one of the great characters of the egg industry, having so ably served our industry for many years. In fact, up until some two years ago he was still attending BEIC and EUWEP meetings, offering wise counsel.

Peter was IEC Chairman from September 1989 to September 1992 and Honorary President from 1992 - 1995. In 1995 he was awarded Honorary Life membership of Council. Later in recognition of his service to the whole egg industry Peter was honoured with the Denis Wellstead Award as 'International Egg Person of the Year' in 2002 and was also awarded Honorary Life Membership of the IEC in 2012.

He was a true gentleman and will be sadly missed by all his industry colleagues, family and friends.

His funeral will take place on Thursday 11th February at 11:00am. St Paul's Church, Whitehall Road, Drighlington, BD11 1LJ. http://stpaulsdrighlington.org.uk/find-us