 He retired from the board of IDV in 1983, and died in 2006, aged 88, and is buried with his wife at Burvale Cemetery, Hersham, Surrey.In March 2008 a cache of arms was discovered during a house-clearance in a property in Walton-on-Thames.The weapons – an American M1 carbine, German MP 40 submachine gun, British .38 Enfield No.