Colin Whiffin

Colin was born 1955 to mother Irene, father Arthur and older brother Roger.

During his latter school years he studied at an evening class for, took, and passed his Radio Amateur’s exam, his A levels from Beal plus the grounding in basic electronics took him to Loughborough University where he studied Chemistry, but did also have an interest in the students Campus radio station.

His first full time job was with the pharmaceuticals company Smith & Nephew where he worked for some time and used his computer skills learnt at University before going on to work for the Ministry of Defence (MOD).He had annual visits to Vienna and also visited Brussels and various parts of Germany, and all that he admitted to family was basically having to “count tanks on behalf of NATO” on both sides of the border.

Although both at University and at various places of work he did strike up relationships with different young ladies, they never seemed to really gel. Colin’s family and all that knew him were deeply shocked and saddened by the unexpected death of their loved one.