The father of Lewis Waters pays tribute to his “funny, sociable, kind-hearted” son after Lewis dies following meningitis. Waters, who attended Henley College in Oxfordshire, is reported to be one of three meningitis cases connected to an outbreak in Berkshire. The reports also say the outbreak includes two school pupils in Reading. The Evening Standard and The Guardian both describe the tribute and confirm Waters’ college and the regional link to the outbreak. The accounts present the same basic details: a student’s death from meningitis, a personal statement from his father, and the fact that authorities have identified multiple cases in the same wider outbreak area. Together, the coverage indicates meningitis cases are being tracked across Berkshire and Reading, involving both a college student and school-age children, while the family of the deceased student publicly remembers him. The reports do not indicate any differing circumstances beyond these shared facts.