A former Colfeian who died in 2013 after a long illness, aged only 21, has been honoured by Birmingham City University with a posthumous BSc with Honours in Quantity Surveying. Christopher Hugill, who always ‘wanted to build’, was awarded the degree on merit based on his work prior to his death. Chris’s ashes were scattered in various places including on the school grounds, where he enjoyed playing football.
On Facebook his father, Peter, wrote: It is a wonderful Epilogue to a life cut short but a life lived to the full. Grateful thanks to all those Friends and Teaching Staff from Clare House through Colfe’s to BCU and Medical Staff from St Marys Grand Junction CO, The Royal Marsden, The PRU and St Georges Tooting who shared the journey and made it possible. Sadly missed and proudly remembered – he touched many lives. Chris’s Dad