JONATHAN Sims, who has died aged 25 after suffering from a brain tumour, was the son of Valerie and Philip Sims, of Balmoral Road, Trowbridge, and also leaves a younger brother Matthew.

He was a pupil at Grove Primary School and became a Beaver Scout with the 7th Trowbridge Scouts and a badger with the St John Ambulance. He also played football for the Trowbridge Tigers, Melksham Park and Seend Reserves and played a few seasons of cricket for South Wraxall.

Donations in his memory can be made to Dorothy House Hospice Care, Winsley.