River Canal Rescue is sad to announce it’s lost ‘one of its own’, Paul Drummie, an experienced marine engineer covering the south & London. Popular with colleagues and customers, nothing was too much trouble for him.
Paul worked for many companies during his long career within the industry and at one time he owned his own marine engineering business.
RCR managing director, Stephanie Horton, comments: “We are devastated; his cancer diagnosis came as a shock and his short battle quickly resulted in palliative care at the Douglas Macmillan Hospice, in Stoke-on-Trent, where he sadly passed away, a few months later.
“Paul was an integral part of the southern engineering team – he was well-liked, very easy to get along with and a true professional, looking after our customers as well as having a great talent for engineering. He will be sorely missed by all the team and not easily replaceable.”
Well-known and fondly remembered by many, former colleague and friend Chris Bennett said: “I was shocked and saddened to hear of Paul’s passing. We worked together at Pyford Marina; I worked in sales and Paul was a fantastic engineer with a particular talent in finding what was wrong very quickly and working out the most economical and effective solution to fix the problem.
“Paul made a lot of good friends within the industry as a mobile engineer. I’m very sad that you have passed away mate and I will always remember ‘lefty loosey, righty tighty’ and ‘If it falls off, pick it up and somebody else can use it!’. Rest in peace.”
Steve Hughes from Tingdene Marinas Ltd, who own and run Pyford Marina, also has memories of Paul: “He was with Pyford Marina for quite a few years and worked very well with the team. He will be sadly missed and our condolences go to his friends and family.”
Donations to the Douglas Macmillan Hospice can be made at https://dougiemac.org.uk/donate/
