Obituary: Adrian Johnson

Adrian: 'Wonderful family man'

A "wonderful" father-of-two from Nottinghamshire, Adrian Johnson died in the Tube blast on the Piccadilly line near King's Cross.

The 38-year-old lived in Sutton-in-Ashfield with his wife Catherine, 36, son Christopher, nine, and daughter Rebekah, six.

The family said in a statement: "Adrian was a wonderful, caring, family man who adored his wife and two young children.

"His loyal and compassionate nature won him friends and admiration wherever he went and we have been deeply touched by all the messages of support we have received from people around the world that knew and loved him.

"It is extremely difficult for us to come to terms with the fact that Adrian was amongst those killed and that we will never see him again."

Family visit

Mr Johnson grew up in Skegby, Notts, and attended St Andrew's primary school in Skegby and then Quarry Dale comprehensive secondary school, where he met his wife.

A sports enthusiast, he enjoyed golf, played hockey at county level and was a lifelong supporter of Mansfield Town Football Club.

He was a wonderful, kind, and professional man who had a wonderful sense of humour Elaine Whittle Former colleague

Mr Johnson's job as product technical manager for Burberry took him all over Europe and he generally spent three weeks out of four in Italy and the remaining week in London at the company's base in Haymarket.

But in the week of the bombings, he had broken his routine and left his London hotel to see his family in Nottinghamshire.

He was just returning to work in London on 7 July when he became caught up in the rush-hour attacks, as the Tube train approached Russell Square.

Elaine Whittle, who worked with Adrian at Burberry, said: "He was a wonderful, kind, and professional man who had a wonderful sense of humour. He will leave a huge void in his family's life and my heart goes out to them."