It’s often said that at the Club, you enter as a stranger but leave as family. Most of the time, that’s a bonus – until there’s a gaping hole. This is very sad time for all of us who knew long time member Brian Davis.
I was lucky enough to have Brian as a close friend for over sixty years. We traveled the road through life together from being apprentices at Vauxhall Motors, GM. UK. I could have not had a better friend to make that journey with.
My dear friend will be greatly missed. If there was one word that would describe my friend Brian, it would be “kindness”. Over the years I watched Brian help endless people in various ways showing a great empathy for the well-being of others. Brian put his heart and soul into the Commonwealth Club and was largely responsible for its success in its heyday.
This dedication to the well-being of others was rewarded in 1993, when he was summoned to Buckingham Palace where Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II bestowed upon him a much deserved MBE. I was so proud of my dear friend.
Over the years we had many conversations, some humorous and some more serious, but at the end I always felt a little better about things.
While it is a very sad time for the family, perhaps, Jean, Stuart, Christina, Declan and Finn can take some comfort that they had a great husband, father and grandfather.
Rest well, dear friend you will be greatly missed. We will be together again eventually.
–Keith Thompson
