A father is running a marathon in memory of his baby son.

Roger Gibbs, 56, from Wilmot Way, Banstead, is training to run the London Marathon this April, 32 years after his son Kevin died suddenly aged just seven weeks old.

Mr Gibbs, who has already raised more than £1,100 for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID), said he remembers Kevin while running.

He said: "When I hurt when I run it’s one of the things that keep me going.

"It still gets to me sometimes."

Mr Gibbs said he still thinks about Kevin all the time especially on his birthday and March 27, the day he died in 1981.

He said: "At the time my wife actually discovered him in the cot and called out to me.

"I went into the room and it was obvious he was dead."

FSID funds vital research and promotes safe baby care advice as well as supporting bereaved families.

Mr Gibbs said the charity did not exist in 1981 and they were not offered any support to cope with shock and grief.

He said: "I’m sure it could have helped at the time but it was not on offer so we didn’t think about it. We were left to get on with it."

Kevin was his second son, born after his eldest daughter, now 32, and before his two other sons, now 30 and 22.

To donate visit www.justgiving.com/Kevin-Gibbs