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Armed Forces personnel paid tribute to Forces Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn at her funeral, with street lining and a flypast by Second World War aircraft (top right). The flypast of two Spitfires was provided by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF).
Personnel from all three services formed a bearer party to carry Dame Vera’s coffin into the funeral service.
A Royal Marines bugler performed The Last Post and the Reveille during the ceremony. Dame Vera enjoyed a special connection with the Armed Forces, and her family requested that military personnel take part in the ceremonies at her funeral today.
Sailors from HMS Collingwood, soldiers from No.7 Company, 1 st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, and airmen and women from the Queen’s Colour Squadron of the RAF Regiment lined the route of the funeral cortège in Ditchling this afternoon. Two aircraft from the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight performed a flypast over Ditchling before returning to RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
The bearer party comprised personnel from all three Services:
-Engineering Technician Dan Slamaker and Engineering Technician Alex Bouleter from HMS Collingwood represented the Royal Navy
-Guardsman Junior Smith and Guardsman Louis Rogers from No 7 Company 1 st Battalion The Coldstream Guards represented the British Army
-Lance Corporal Samuel Collins and Lance Corporal Benjamin Troughton from The Queen’s Colour Squadron, the ceremonial unit of the RAF Regiment, represented the Royal Air Force.
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ARMED FORCES PAY TRIBUTE TO FORCES SWEETHEART WITH FLYPAST AT THE FUNERAL OF DAME VERA LYNN
Pictured is the flypast from two Spitfires from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) for the funeral of Dame Vera Lynn.
Armed Forces personnel paid tribute to Forces Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn at her funeral today, with street lining and a flypast by Second World War aircraft. Personnel from all three services formed a bearer party to carry Dame Vera’s coffin into the funeral service.
A Royal Marines bugler performed The Last Post and the Reveille during the ceremony. Dame Vera enjoyed a special connection with the Armed Forces, and her family requested that military personnel take part in the ceremonies at her funeral today.
Sailors from HMS Collingwood, soldiers from No.7 Company, 1 st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, and airmen and women from the Queen’s Colour Squadron of the RAF Regiment lined the route of the funeral cortège in Ditchling this afternoon. Two aircraft from the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight performed a flypast over Ditchling before returning to RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
The bearer party comprised personnel from all three Services:
-Engineering Technician Dan Slamaker and Engineering Technician Alex Bouleter from HMS Collingwood represented the Royal Navy
-Guardsman Junior Smith and Guardsman Louis Rogers from No 7 Company 1 st Battalion The Coldstream Guards represented the British Army
-Lance Corporal Samuel Collins and Lance Corporal Benjamin Troughton from The Queen’s Colour Squadron, the ceremonial unit of the RAF Regiment, represented the Royal Air Force.
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ARMED FORCES PAY TRIBUTE TO FORCES SWEETHEART WITH FLYPAST AT THE FUNERAL OF DAME VERA LYNN
Pictured is the flypast from two Spitfires from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) for the funeral of Dame Vera Lynn.
Armed Forces personnel paid tribute to Forces Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn at her funeral today, with street lining and a flypast by Second World War aircraft. Personnel from all three services formed a bearer party to carry Dame Vera’s coffin into the funeral service.
A Royal Marines bugler performed The Last Post and the Reveille during the ceremony. Dame Vera enjoyed a special connection with the Armed Forces, and her family requested that military personnel take part in the ceremonies at her funeral today.
Sailors from HMS Collingwood, soldiers from No.7 Company, 1 st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, and airmen and women from the Queen’s Colour Squadron of the RAF Regiment lined the route of the funeral cortège in Ditchling this afternoon. Two aircraft from the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight performed a flypast over Ditchling before returning to RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
The bearer party comprised personnel from all three Services:
-Engineering Technician Dan Slamaker and Engineering Technician Alex Bouleter from HMS Collingwood represented the Royal Navy
-Guardsman Junior Smith and Guardsman Louis Rogers from No 7 Company 1 st Battalion The Coldstream Guards represented the British Army
-Lance Corporal Samuel Collins and Lance Corporal Benjamin Troughton from The Queen’s Colour Squadron, the ceremonial unit of the RAF Regiment, represented the Royal Air Force.
© Crown Copyright / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
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