I met Cedric in 1999 at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory before he retired where we shared an office with others. He worked on his last project there, the refurbishment of the great Birr castle telescope with lovely polished brass eye pieces. A project he really enjoyed doing. It was great to talk to him about space instrumentation and admire his drawings. We still have his hand drawings in our archive from many years ago, at times accompanied with his very wry and witty instruction. The artist inside him always shone through as well as the cheeky dry wit. After his retirement I enjoyed watching him flying his ultra light weight aircraft models at K2 in Crawley, every year. His models always looked so good. We still enjoy one of his lasting contributions to our office, the model wood worm he made and added to the intricate wood carving above the fire place. It's eyes still look at us, each day. I'll miss Cedric's gentle character and cheek.