A FAMILY in Feltham is mourning the loss of their son who died last week at the age of 30 after suffering a brain tumour.

Described as a "gentle man" Matthew Watson grew up in his family's Bedfont Road home, before moving to Windsor.

He died at home on Friday May 20 after suffering a brain tumour for 15 months, which became inoperable.

Matthew, who worked in customer services at Heathrow Terminal 5, lived with his civil partner Adam Chojnacki.

His father Peter and mother Gill, who still live at Bedfont Road, spoke of their grief this week, describing their son as "our wonderful boy".

Matthew attended Feltham Hill Junior School before moving on to Longford Community School. He went straight into work after school, in a job that was "perfect for him because he loves helping people", according to his father.

A keen film buff, Matthew would go to the cinema to see lots of films that had only just been released. He also loved social networking, spending lots of time on Facebook.

His father said one of the best times of his life was appearing in Total Wipeout in late 2009, an experience from which he made a great deal of friends.

Host of the show Richard Hammond nicknamed him 'Matt The Airport' and he made it through to the second round, the experience involved him going to Argentina for several days of filming. It was shortly after his time at the show that he started to fall ill.

Matthew is survived by his sister Nikki Cox, who lives in Sunbury, his brother Stephen Watson, who lives with his parents, and his three nieces and nephew.

Peter said: "He was very close to his family, he was quite fun loving and we had no idea how many friends he had until this happened.

"He loved to travel, he was particularly fond of Australia and New York, he went there four or five times. He was a real gentle man, that is the best way to describe him. He was just our wonderful boy. He was quite quiet but he had this wicked sense of humour that seemed like it came from nowhere sometimes."

His funeral is due to be held on June 3.