Antony 'Tony' Field

Tony was fiery, fearless, full of life and always had tons of energy. All my female friends used to like him! He is missed massively by our family. Tony was the forth of five children (me being the fifth), he was a good father to his boys, son to his parents, and a good brother. He was very protective of us all, especially our Mom. Tony would have our Mom up to his for tea every Sunday and did her shopping every few days for her too. He was always on hand to do her DIY too.

When I stayed out late he would come meet me and walk me home. Another thing he would do (this got us many strange looks- although we didn't care) but he would insist on meeting me and 'escorting' me home- with him riding his scooter. He would ride along side me as I walked, sometimes riding to the end of the street until I had caught up, then riding down to the next corner, stopping and waiting for me to catch up again, this was until we reached the lanes where I would then jump on the back of his scooter with his helmet on and ride the rest of the way home like that!! The amount of times people would stop and stare at us doing this and the looks we got were hilarious. Tony didn't care about what they thought and neither did I.

He was very popular and had many, many good friends on our Island. He had two sons here too who didn't live with him but visited their dad when they could.

Tony was very good mates with my husband James, and my dad took him on as a son. The three of them would go out drinking together. We are a close knit 'family orientated' family and we all talk to each other at least once a day.

I miss Tony too. When we lived at home we were always up in the attic chatting and listening to music, then, when we moved out (yes, despite the age gap, we both left home around the same sort of time) he lived just a 30 second walk up the road from my house, I was always up there at his, and he was always down here at ours.

Me and Tony were both stubborn though, and we had a row on my wedding day but when I look back on the pictures he looks really proud standing next to me and James and Tony's eldest child Mitchell- but he would never admit to this at the time :)

Tony would take me into Town on the bus when we were younger and all my memories of those days out were good ones, he would spoil me and introduce me to all his girlfriends. He was a charmer with the ladies, and a 'jack the lad' with the men, and was never short of female admirers, many of whom still remember Tony fondly now :) He had the gift of the gab but he had more than enough fire in his heart to back up what he said, Tony was very well liked.

When I was first born, Tony was really eager to see me that he attempted to scale a very high fence that lead into our back garden. Nothing new for him, but this day he fell, head first onto the concrete below. Tony being Tony just got up, brushed himself off and came into the house through the back door anyway, excited at meeting the little new arrival. He was jumping around the house, all excited until someone noticed he kept asking the same four questions over and over again, It didn't take long for somebody to realise he was concussed! My dad quickly drove him to hospital where they sat all day long with Tony still asking the same four questions!

When he was a boy (around 3 years old) our Mom caught him with chocolate all over his face and said to him, ''oh Tony, what have you got all round your mouth?'' Tony looked down, thought for a moment, and answered ''Lips of course, Mom!''.

I am glad to have known Tony and proud that I had him as my brother. We all have many, many good memories of him. He was 39 when he died (in May 2008). It's just a shame we didn't have more time with him.


Taken away that fateful day
Quietly remembered in every way
I don't have you now in my life to share,
But in my heart you'll always be there.


The sun came up with sad regret
It began a day I shall never forget
You went away without goodbye.
But our love will never die.


Those lazy summers we both shared,
And eating mint Ice-cream, at the fair.
Loyal and protecting you was to me,
Both of us young and very care-free.


You often joked I would miss you
Your words have since proved true,
I also lost a good friend, Tony.
The day that I lost you.


So much was done, in such little time,
Your life was interwoven with mine.
If I could have one wish to come true,
I would wish for yesterday and for you.


Tony, my brother, as I gaze at the moon,
Good memories of you push aside the gloom.
Angels, take my message to heaven above,
Tell Tony I miss him and give him my love.

Please, please do something for me after reading this- Never smoke weed or tobacco, again! New evidence is coming out every day that proves smoking pot causes lung cancer in the same way smoking tobacco does. And the younger you are the more damage it will do. Tony, was a heavy pot smoker since the age of 14, He died of lung cancer aged 39!!!
Dying of Lung Cancer that young is quite rare among tobacco smokers.
You can come to your own conclusion.