A MEMORIAL service has been held in honour of a man who died under the wheels of a train at Highams Park Station.

Mourners filled Buckhurst Hill Baptist Church, Palmerston Road to remember Robin Pye, 54, who died on February 3.

He had been suffering from mental health problems and was resident at Naseberry Court psychiatric unit, Chingford at the time of his death.

In one of three tributes read out at the service, Sister Trish O’Sullivan said: “I had the privilege of working with Robin in difficult times in his life and my first memory of him was at Claybury when he came to the art therapy department.

“Sorrow and grief and loss were such a big part of his life.”

She added that he was troubled by being unable to earn his own wages because of his mental health issues but described him as a sociable, caring man with a “heart full of love”.

His brother Julian Pye, 45, of Station Way, Buckhurst Hill also described how, in spite of a “stormy” relationship with his father, Robin was able to reconcile his differences with him before he died.

Other tributes from family and friends painted a picture of a man who had great faith in spite of his difficulties and who was always generous to others.

“He was a kind man and he was a caring man and he always wanted to help,” Sister O’Sullivan said.

The service also included an arrangement of Home on the Range played on the cello, which was one of Robin’s favourite pieces of music.

Leading the service, Reverend Simon Smith said: “It doesn’t surprise me that Robin rather liked the song. He wasn’t able to enjoy a permanent home of his own and he had a longing for home within him.”

The service was immediately followed by an act of committal at Forest Park, Hainault.

Those who attended were also asked to make a donation to mental health charity MIND in Waltham Forest in Robin’s memory.