Two Honorary Members, J H Emyln Jones and Ian McNaught-Davis have passed away recently.
J H Emyln Jones
We are sorry to announce that J H Emyln Jones passed away on February 4th. Emlyn joined the Club in 1939 and served in a variety of positions including President (66-69), he became an Honorary Member in 1969. His enduring legacy to the Club is Cwm Glas Mawr which he gave to the Club as its first base in the Llanberis Pass at a time when the Pass was starting to develop into the major climbing destination that it now is. A full obituary will be included in the 2014 Journal.
The funeral will be at 2.30pm on Thursday 20 February at the Parish Church in Ivinghoe, nr Leighton Buzzard, Berkshire. All welcome.
Ian McNaught-Davis
We are sorry to announce that Ian McNaught-Davis passed away on February 10th. Ian joined the Club in 1951 and was an Honorary Member. Ian [Mac] was a very influential mountaineer not only in Britain but on the world stage. Mac became President of the UIAA [International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation] from 1995-2004. This proved to be a very productive period in the 80 year history of the UIAA thanks in part to Mac’s enormous energy and enthusiasm to keep alive the best traditions of mountaineering. A full obituary will be included in the 2014 Journal.
Mac’s funeral will take place on Tuesday February 18th, at 2:30pm, there will be a Church Service at Our Lady of Victories, 235a Kensington High Street, London W8 6QT 6SA,
(the church is on the High Street, but not etirely noticeable, set back from the pavement, next door to Banahm”s shop)
2:30 pm Church Service, Our Lady of Victories, 235a Kensington High Street, London W8 6QT 6SA,
4:00 pm Mortlake Crematorium, Kew Meadow Path, Richmond, TW9 4EN
5:00 pm Britannia Pub, Mac’s favorite Pub for a Celebration, 1 Allen St, London W8 6UX ( around the corner from the Church)
Family flowers only, If you wish to do a memory gift, donations to the Alzheimer Society, and/or Mary Curie Cancer Care, can be done directly online
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=1070
http://www.mariecurie.org.uk/en-gb/donate/in-memory-giving/
or c/o JH Kenyon, Funeral Directors, 49 Marloes Road W8 6LA, Tel No 0207 937 0757
Hope you can join the family to say our final farewell to Mac, look forward to seeing you if you can make it next Tuesday.
Much Love Loreto xx
Sorry to hear that Mac has died. I remember many happy times from when we shared digs for three years in Manchester, including regular routes on gritstone, The Ryan-Lochmatter and even helping in his rescue on Cloggy. Sadly we have not met since the centenary dinner, and now he’s gone. And will be missed.
I cannot attend the funeral, but will be thinking of him, and Loreto.
Tony Moulam
Mac was a hero for me and strangely for a climber – although not for those that know me – not because he was a climber. Mac’s involvement in the various BBC computing related shows in the 80’s set me up for a career in IT. So I was quite excited when we met in 2009 at the AC AGM dinner. The picture we had taken seems to have captured it well; it’s now being used by, amongst other sites, Wikipedia, the BMC, the CC, and Google!
Sad news, but so many fantastic memories! See ya Mac.