MAY I pay a further tribute to Edmund de Rothschild whose death you reported on January 21?

Mr Eddy was a towering figure in our community with a kindly and compassionate nature and a courageous wartime record.

I shall always recall the memorable veterans reunions he organised at Exbury and the stirring sight of watching him attend the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women’s Parade, despite his frailty, at the Cenotaph in London.

He will be greatly missed.

DR JULIAN LEWIS MP, New Forest East.