Daniel Burt was in the year below me at school and I can just about remember him from the days of Ixworth Primary and Beavers!
As we grew older, Daniel followed on up to Ixworth Middle and I can see his name now, on every football-team sheet playing for the school, standing up in assemblies to be commended for the outcome of the game.
Unfortunately, I left Ixworth at the end of Year 8, like everyone else but didn't go to Thurston so can only read the scores of messages left here by the people who passed through what seems to have been a fun transition.
Last week's tragic news came with an untold amount of shock and disbelief that a young person, loved and well-respected by so many, be taken from us so tenderley in youth.
I lost touch with Daniel when I left Ixworth so didn't really know him that well afterwards but he seems to have matured into a cracking young-man who had everything going for him, both academically, professionally and in sport. Its always hard when a young person is taken from us, but it is especially hard to come to terms with when its someone from your own
village, someone that you knew.
I've been getting regular updates on the state of affairs at Thurston in the aftermath of this terrible news and I think its absolutely unconditional, the love and support that has been offered in the many messages of condolences to Daniel's family, the floral tributes, the Ipswich shirts, the Coke bottles. In their individual way, people have their own memories of Daniel Burt and that is something that people will cherish over the years to come. I think this website is a true epilogue to the life of Daniel and how he lived it to its maximising potential. The response has been truly overwhelming and its without doubt, as in any Sixth-Form community, that Thurston will pull together to help remember one of them.
My sincerest condolences go out to his parents and to his sister, Mo, who is in my sister's year at Thurston. From what I hear she has been commendably brave in this awful time.
For his parents, it must be a great sense of comfort to know how highly-regarded their son was. They will be undoubtedly very proud of all he achieved in his time and that will stay with them forever.
A very talented young-man, who supported the one and only football team worth supporting. An undeniably true gentlemen who was denied the chance to fulfill his dreams and wishes to the very end.
Taken so tragically, it is perhaps fitting that we are remembering him for the good-times and who Daniel was, rather than the such catastrophic circumstances that he was taken from us. I've caught myself out in the last week, sitting in my office, daydreaming about how terrible last week's events were. No-one can ever know the extent of the grief your family is going through.
Congratulations, Daniel, for being a true friend to so many and for being yourself. You will be very sadly missed, but often remembered with love, respect and fondness.
Rest in Peace and with love and best wishes to your family,
Ben Lord
As we grew older, Daniel followed on up to Ixworth Middle and I can see his name now, on every football-team sheet playing for the school, standing up in assemblies to be commended for the outcome of the game.
Unfortunately, I left Ixworth at the end of Year 8, like everyone else but didn't go to Thurston so can only read the scores of messages left here by the people who passed through what seems to have been a fun transition.
Last week's tragic news came with an untold amount of shock and disbelief that a young person, loved and well-respected by so many, be taken from us so tenderley in youth.
I lost touch with Daniel when I left Ixworth so didn't really know him that well afterwards but he seems to have matured into a cracking young-man who had everything going for him, both academically, professionally and in sport. Its always hard when a young person is taken from us, but it is especially hard to come to terms with when its someone from your own
village, someone that you knew.
I've been getting regular updates on the state of affairs at Thurston in the aftermath of this terrible news and I think its absolutely unconditional, the love and support that has been offered in the many messages of condolences to Daniel's family, the floral tributes, the Ipswich shirts, the Coke bottles. In their individual way, people have their own memories of Daniel Burt and that is something that people will cherish over the years to come. I think this website is a true epilogue to the life of Daniel and how he lived it to its maximising potential. The response has been truly overwhelming and its without doubt, as in any Sixth-Form community, that Thurston will pull together to help remember one of them.
My sincerest condolences go out to his parents and to his sister, Mo, who is in my sister's year at Thurston. From what I hear she has been commendably brave in this awful time.
For his parents, it must be a great sense of comfort to know how highly-regarded their son was. They will be undoubtedly very proud of all he achieved in his time and that will stay with them forever.
A very talented young-man, who supported the one and only football team worth supporting. An undeniably true gentlemen who was denied the chance to fulfill his dreams and wishes to the very end.
Taken so tragically, it is perhaps fitting that we are remembering him for the good-times and who Daniel was, rather than the such catastrophic circumstances that he was taken from us. I've caught myself out in the last week, sitting in my office, daydreaming about how terrible last week's events were. No-one can ever know the extent of the grief your family is going through.
Congratulations, Daniel, for being a true friend to so many and for being yourself. You will be very sadly missed, but often remembered with love, respect and fondness.
Rest in Peace and with love and best wishes to your family,
Ben Lord
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