Obituary: James Ratcliffe
NEWMARKET JOURNAL JAN 2011. JIM RATCLIFFE.
FORMER racehorse transport operator James Martin Ratcliffe died suddenly of a heart attack after a two-year battle with cancer on January 25 at West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds. He was 70.
Mr Ratcliffe, who was known as Jim, lived at Moorland Stud, Kentford, having previously lived in Chippenham for 20 years and also in Exning.
Born in Tetbury and educated at Tetbury Grammar School, he started his horse transport operation in 1983 and built it up into a thriving business before selling it in 2009.
He loved hunting, and for eight seasons was master of the Grove and Rofford Foxhounds based at Newark in Nottinghamshire.
He also enjoyed horseracing.
Mr Ratcliffe is survived by his wife, Jenny, and leaves three sons, Karl, Simon and Jason, a daughter, Julie, seven grandchildren, David, Alice, Claire, Laura, Amy, Russell and Toby, and two great-grandchildren, Daisy and Henry. He also leaves a brother, Colin.
His funeral was held at St Margaret’s Church, Chippenham, on February 3 and the Rev Mike Banyard officiated.
Family mourners were: Jenny Ratcliffe (widow), Colin Ratcliffe, Karl Ratcliffe and Jane Gross, Julie and Clifford White, Simon and Sue Ratcliffe, David Lynch and Emily Harrison, Alice Lynch and Ben Smith, Claire and Paul Watts, Laura Ratcliffe and Chris Brown, Amy Ratcliffe, Kelly Gross, Amy Gross, David Ratcliffe, Nick Ratcliffe and Steven Lynch.
Other mourners were: Robert Goode, David and Jackie Manning, Rick Bridgland, Rita Myatt, James and Jan Broad, Edward Keutgen (rep Alice Keutgen), Julie Rivers, Graham Marsom, Jane Wright (Roger Wright), Matthew Wright, Robin Trevor-Jones, Stephen Snook, Tracey Williams, Angela Brown, Mrs G Hale, Mr and Mrs Gerry Blum (Mr and Mrs David Dale), Jo Mackness, the Rev David Payne, Paul and Vicki Sutton, Alison and Tim Foddy, Fil Morris, Mr and Mrs Derrick Trotman, Adrian and Michelle Smith, Mr and Mrs M Carvalho (Mr and Mrs L Carvalho), John Boreham, John Jeffrey, Rita Smyth (Betty Evans), Kim Kingdon (Steve Kingdon), Gordon Wallman, Steven Brame, Colin Hassell (Phillip Stevenson, Simon Kerra, Mrs F R Wakeling, Patricia Rogers (Australia) and Leslie Anne Davies), Malcolm Winter (Anthea Winter and Becky Bright), Tom Foddy, Ian Button (Helen Button), Chris and Carol Wall, Jennifer Wilson, Michael Tebbutt, William Haggas (Maureen Haggas and Susan Piggott), Daniel James (John Sharp), Ivan Hughes (NRT and Ian Watkinson), Tony and Becky Williams, Meg Martin (Brian Martin), Mark Appleyard (Penny, Amy and Lois), Martin Mackinnon, George Kennedy, Sally and Earl Cornish, Emma and George Witt, Fiona Maxwell, Mr and Mrs C Conway, Richard Payne, Jane Payne, Linda Porter-Cohen (RDA),
Kevin Pallant (Chippenham Cricket Club), Kirst Neal, Anne McCormack (Sam Neal), Margaret and Colin Pammenter, Michael Foreman, Roy and Joyce Harknet, Mr and Mrs Brian Doyle, Derek Coombs, Roland Wells, Mr and Mrs R Duncan, Mr and Mrs Bryn Walker (Mrs and Mrs W Musson), Tom Carty, Pat Levey (Carolynn Frost), William Jarvis, Bill O’Gorman, James and Gay Eustace, Cliff Franks (C Franks and Son), Doreen Clarke, Sarah Colson, Andy Cheshire, Barry East, David Curran, Jason Anderson, John James (Sheila Crow and Mick and Fiona Denniff), Kate James, Daniel O’Donavan, Alan and Sue Blazley, Rachel Harvey, Sir Mark Prescott (Heath House Stables), John Dwyer, Mrs Clover (James Smith), Steven Hill, Henry Hill, Angus Smales, Mr and Mrs Pat Alleyne, Mr and Mrs Marshall, Nicola Heather, George Galanopoulos, Costa Mathioudakis, Russell Archer (Hannah Archer and Alyson West), Ken and Pamela Lamb, James Hurst, Ben James, Simon Heather, Christopher Conway (Naomi and family), Peter Maxwell, Nigel Proctor, Kay Gallagher, Noel Quinlan, Michael Quinlan, Geoffrey Huffer, Claire Flemming and Nick Littmoden.
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