Son killed in hockey accident is honoured for donating organs

LONDON EVENING STANDARD  | Ross Lydall

Tom Wilson, 22, was fatally injured last December at a training session

A surveyor who died after accidentally being hit on the head with a hockey stick has received a posthumous award for donating his organs.

Tom Wilson, 22, was fatally injured last December at a training session with Old Loughtonians hockey club, Chigwell. His organs, skin and bones helped save the lives of critically ill people.

His mother Lisa, 53, from Hornchurch, collected the award with her daughter Philippa, 21. She said: “I feel so proud of Tom. He wasn’t able to have a family but he gave the gift of life to other people so that they can grow up and go on to have families themselves.”

The Order of St John award for organ donation was one of 34 presented last week to the families of donors, in conjunction with NHS Blood and Transplant in London.

Tom, a trainee surveyor for Lambert Smith Hampton, had joined the organ donor register when he was a student at Nottingham Trent University.

Mrs Wilson, a deputy headteacher, said: “Tom was a real gentleman. He was caring and clever, and he was handsome. It’s such a shame. Continue reading

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