THE PARTNER of a cyclist killed in the Shoreham Airshow disaster has remembered him as the “most brilliant person I have ever met”.

Victoria Marie Peck said Richard Smith, who was killed while on a bike ride with a friend, “was my everything and I am struggling to picture my life without him in it”.

She added: “It is hard to feel such pain and not be able to turn to turn to the one person who could always make me feel better.”

In a note on Facebook to family and friends about his death, she continued: “I was extremely lucky to spend five years with the most brilliant person I have ever met.

“It has been over a week and I still can't put into words just how much he meant to me. He was the first person I saw in the morning and the last person I saw at night. He was the person I would share every stupid little thing with and I still find myself wanting to do it now.

"I know there is so much more I should say but I cannot find the words.”

Mr Smith’s death was confirmed on Sunday night by his family, who remembered him as a "truly wonderful, caring and loving person” who would be “so sorely missed”.

The 26-year-old was cycling with his friend Dylan Archer to meet another friend in the South Downs for a bike ride when the Hawker Hunter hit the A27. Mr Archer, 42, from Brighton, was also killed.

All but one of the eleven people police believe were killed in the crash last Saturday (August 22) have now been named by their families.

They and the eleventh person are expected to be formally named at the opening of their inquest in Horsham this morning. The pilot, Andrew Hill, remains in a critical condition in hospital.