Tim Asquith was born in Tonbridge and apart from short spells working abroad, spent all his life in Hildenborough.
Educated at Hildenborough Primary School and then Tonbridge Secondary Modern for Boys, he then went on to Tunbridge Wells College to train and qualify as an Electrical and Electronic Engineer.
He started his working life in 1971 at London Transport as a Signal Engineer and there was involved in numerous projects including radio communication and GPS location systems for buses and the design and installation of electronic destination displays at bus stops.
He ended up working for London Transport for 23 years.
He went on to work for Orange Telecom and then Lucent, a large American Telecommunications equipment company, where he travelled abroad, including Saudi Arabia, designing and installing mobile telephone equipment.
He also worked for ADT Fire & Security another well-known electronics company where one of his final projects was the design and installation of the security system in the O2 Arena in south-east London. Some 400 security cameras were installed.
During his working life for a period of some 25 years he undertook voluntary work for The Royal National Institute of the Blind as a trainer and repairer of talking books.
Tim was not religious but he had a strong connection with his local church.
When he realised that there was a problem with the village graveyard documentation he undertook the monumental task of cataloguing all the graves in the churchyard. More than 4000 graves were recorded going back to 1850.
His research also unearthed graves recording villagers who fell in WW1... but are not recorded on the War Memorial.
Tim then downloaded his results to the "Find A Grave" web site for everyone to see.
He was in the process of doing the same for Leigh Churchyard but illness unfortunately cut short his efforts.
Tim was also a founder member of Hildenborough History Society. He was actively involved in hunting down and excavating World War 2 shelters.
He provided detailed articles and talks on village history for the History Society and also for "Keys", the village magazine.
He was also into genealogy and he provided a number of people with their family histories.
He would do a lot of this work and not expect any reward.
And then, there was re-enactment. He enjoyed dressing up as an RAF officer, a Georgian or Edwardian Gentlemen and going to events at Chatham Dockyard, Tonbridge Castle, Rochester Dickens Festival and The Kent & Sussex Railway and would play the full part including providing information to anyone who asked.
With all these activities, it's a wonder that Tim had any time for leisurely pursuits - but he did have some.
He had separate woodwork and metalwork workshops at home where he made a whole range of things, and he collected antique barometers – around 40 of them at last count.
Then there was his beloved Chevrolet Corvette Stingray which he was constantly tinkering with. He would often take clergy and other friends on fear-inducing drives around the village and elsewhere.
And he loved to go on long cruises to all parts of the world where he made many and long-lasting friends.
Tim was just 68 when he passed away at The Hospice in the Weald.
His generosity, enthusiasm, commitment and good humour will be missed by many.
Rest easy old friend.
Educated at Hildenborough Primary School and then Tonbridge Secondary Modern for Boys, he then went on to Tunbridge Wells College to train and qualify as an Electrical and Electronic Engineer.
He started his working life in 1971 at London Transport as a Signal Engineer and there was involved in numerous projects including radio communication and GPS location systems for buses and the design and installation of electronic destination displays at bus stops.
He ended up working for London Transport for 23 years.
He went on to work for Orange Telecom and then Lucent, a large American Telecommunications equipment company, where he travelled abroad, including Saudi Arabia, designing and installing mobile telephone equipment.
He also worked for ADT Fire & Security another well-known electronics company where one of his final projects was the design and installation of the security system in the O2 Arena in south-east London. Some 400 security cameras were installed.
During his working life for a period of some 25 years he undertook voluntary work for The Royal National Institute of the Blind as a trainer and repairer of talking books.
Tim was not religious but he had a strong connection with his local church.
When he realised that there was a problem with the village graveyard documentation he undertook the monumental task of cataloguing all the graves in the churchyard. More than 4000 graves were recorded going back to 1850.
His research also unearthed graves recording villagers who fell in WW1... but are not recorded on the War Memorial.
Tim then downloaded his results to the "Find A Grave" web site for everyone to see.
He was in the process of doing the same for Leigh Churchyard but illness unfortunately cut short his efforts.
Tim was also a founder member of Hildenborough History Society. He was actively involved in hunting down and excavating World War 2 shelters.
He provided detailed articles and talks on village history for the History Society and also for "Keys", the village magazine.
He was also into genealogy and he provided a number of people with their family histories.
He would do a lot of this work and not expect any reward.
And then, there was re-enactment. He enjoyed dressing up as an RAF officer, a Georgian or Edwardian Gentlemen and going to events at Chatham Dockyard, Tonbridge Castle, Rochester Dickens Festival and The Kent & Sussex Railway and would play the full part including providing information to anyone who asked.
With all these activities, it's a wonder that Tim had any time for leisurely pursuits - but he did have some.
He had separate woodwork and metalwork workshops at home where he made a whole range of things, and he collected antique barometers – around 40 of them at last count.
Then there was his beloved Chevrolet Corvette Stingray which he was constantly tinkering with. He would often take clergy and other friends on fear-inducing drives around the village and elsewhere.
And he loved to go on long cruises to all parts of the world where he made many and long-lasting friends.
Tim was just 68 when he passed away at The Hospice in the Weald.
His generosity, enthusiasm, commitment and good humour will be missed by many.
Rest easy old friend.
Tim Asquith was born in Tonbridge and apart from short spells working abroad, spent all his life in Hildenborough.
Educated at Hildenborough Primary School and then Tonbridge Secondary Modern for Boys, he then went on to Tunbridge Wells College to train and qualify as an Electrical and Electronic Engineer.
He started his working life in 1971 at London Transport as a Signal Engineer and there was involved in numerous projects including radio communication and GPS location systems for buses and the design and installation of electronic destination displays at bus stops.
He ended up working for London Transport for 23 years.
He went on to work for Orange Telecom and then Lucent, a large American Telecommunications equipment company, where he travelled abroad, including Saudi Arabia, designing and installing mobile telephone equipment.
He also worked for ADT Fire & Security another well-known electronics company where one of his final projects was the design and installation of the security system in the O2 Arena in south-east London. Some 400 security cameras were installed.
During his working life for a period of some 25 years he undertook voluntary work for The Royal National Institute of the Blind as a trainer and repairer of talking books.
Tim was not religious but he had a strong connection with his local church.
When he realised that there was a problem with the village graveyard documentation he undertook the monumental task of cataloguing all the graves in the churchyard. More than 4000 graves were recorded going back to 1850.
His research also unearthed graves recording villagers who fell in WW1... but are not recorded on the War Memorial.
Tim then downloaded his results to the "Find A Grave" web site for everyone to see.
He was in the process of doing the same for Leigh Churchyard but illness unfortunately cut short his efforts.
Tim was also a founder member of Hildenborough History Society. He was actively involved in hunting down and excavating World War 2 shelters.
He provided detailed articles and talks on village history for the History Society and also for "Keys", the village magazine.
He was also into genealogy and he provided a number of people with their family histories.
He would do a lot of this work and not expect any reward.
And then, there was re-enactment. He enjoyed dressing up as an RAF officer, a Georgian or Edwardian Gentlemen and going to events at Chatham Dockyard, Tonbridge Castle, Rochester Dickens Festival and The Kent & Sussex Railway and would play the full part including providing information to anyone who asked.
With all these activities, it's a wonder that Tim had any time for leisurely pursuits - but he did have some.
He had separate woodwork and metalwork workshops at home where he made a whole range of things, and he collected antique barometers – around 40 of them at last count.
Then there was his beloved Chevrolet Corvette Stingray which he was constantly tinkering with. He would often take clergy and other friends on fear-inducing drives around the village and elsewhere.
And he loved to go on long cruises to all parts of the world where he made many and long-lasting friends.
Tim was just 68 when he passed away at The Hospice in the Weald.
His generosity, enthusiasm, commitment and good humour will be missed by many.
Rest easy old friend.
Educated at Hildenborough Primary School and then Tonbridge Secondary Modern for Boys, he then went on to Tunbridge Wells College to train and qualify as an Electrical and Electronic Engineer.
He started his working life in 1971 at London Transport as a Signal Engineer and there was involved in numerous projects including radio communication and GPS location systems for buses and the design and installation of electronic destination displays at bus stops.
He ended up working for London Transport for 23 years.
He went on to work for Orange Telecom and then Lucent, a large American Telecommunications equipment company, where he travelled abroad, including Saudi Arabia, designing and installing mobile telephone equipment.
He also worked for ADT Fire & Security another well-known electronics company where one of his final projects was the design and installation of the security system in the O2 Arena in south-east London. Some 400 security cameras were installed.
During his working life for a period of some 25 years he undertook voluntary work for The Royal National Institute of the Blind as a trainer and repairer of talking books.
Tim was not religious but he had a strong connection with his local church.
When he realised that there was a problem with the village graveyard documentation he undertook the monumental task of cataloguing all the graves in the churchyard. More than 4000 graves were recorded going back to 1850.
His research also unearthed graves recording villagers who fell in WW1... but are not recorded on the War Memorial.
Tim then downloaded his results to the "Find A Grave" web site for everyone to see.
He was in the process of doing the same for Leigh Churchyard but illness unfortunately cut short his efforts.
Tim was also a founder member of Hildenborough History Society. He was actively involved in hunting down and excavating World War 2 shelters.
He provided detailed articles and talks on village history for the History Society and also for "Keys", the village magazine.
He was also into genealogy and he provided a number of people with their family histories.
He would do a lot of this work and not expect any reward.
And then, there was re-enactment. He enjoyed dressing up as an RAF officer, a Georgian or Edwardian Gentlemen and going to events at Chatham Dockyard, Tonbridge Castle, Rochester Dickens Festival and The Kent & Sussex Railway and would play the full part including providing information to anyone who asked.
With all these activities, it's a wonder that Tim had any time for leisurely pursuits - but he did have some.
He had separate woodwork and metalwork workshops at home where he made a whole range of things, and he collected antique barometers – around 40 of them at last count.
Then there was his beloved Chevrolet Corvette Stingray which he was constantly tinkering with. He would often take clergy and other friends on fear-inducing drives around the village and elsewhere.
And he loved to go on long cruises to all parts of the world where he made many and long-lasting friends.
Tim was just 68 when he passed away at The Hospice in the Weald.
His generosity, enthusiasm, commitment and good humour will be missed by many.
Rest easy old friend.
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