
After a service in St Mary's Church, Alverstoke, on 20 August 1998, he was buried next to his third wife, Dorothy, in Anns Hill cemetery, Gosport. He was survived by his daughter, Natalie Wilson.
He was discovered by the London bandleader Billy Cotton, whom he joined as featured trumpet soloist at the Streatham Locarno.
(Digby Fairweather)