RIP John Marchant

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Dear Ed,

Thank you for the great tribute to a great guy. I never met John in person, but I knew him as a “great ambassador for anything Canadian”, as Ian puts it aptly. I’m hoping he’s looking up his peers like Bart Vanderveen, Bill Gregg, David Hayward and many other like minded men who have preceded him.
One of John’s CMPs, a C8A HUW is under restoration in The Netherlands, so his legacy will live on in the artifacts he preserved.
RIP John Marchant

[Ron Pier]

Sad news. John used to be in charge of the "Wilkinson Sword" award. The first time I met him in the 80's he turned up at our Bevington end of season bash. He'd been to Pounds yard to collect 3 carrier hulls on the back of a lorry. The poor things had been lying below the tide line since demob.

He supplied me with the Stacey towing attachment for my carrier, which he'd carried an awful long way from his car on that day that we met up.

A very calm and generous gent indeed. Ron

[Tim Bell]

Very sad indeed

Used to live 5 miles from John's, have seen him at many a show, had a spin driving his Centaur around the farm... what good fun that was, bought many a useful item from him over the years, from tow hooks to trailers and boxes to bayonets. Always an interesting and very knowledgeable chap. The MV world has lost one of the greats.

RIP John.

Tim

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Via Vaughan Max Roberts:

“Following the very sad news of John Marchant’s passing, I’ve been asked by his family to post details of the funeral:

11.00, Tuesday 17th January.

St John The Evangelist Church,
Church Lane, Wicken, Northamptonshire, MK19 6BN

All are welcome.”