Dave joined the RN shortly after me and was the "mature" guy having been in the Merchant Navy as opposed to the rest of us spotty youngsters. We served together initially on 848 Squadron in Bulwark on the junglie WW7. Lost touch when he left and headed to Aberdeen. He was always quietly spoken but if you spoke nonsense he always had an acerbic comment. The next contact was when his son Alan came through the Bristow training school at Redhill and later to the SAR fleet. I know he was very chuffed. RIP Dave, but you will probably find under current regulations that pipe tobacco has been banned in the afterlife!