Posted on 01/21/2015 10:35:39 AM PST by the scotsman
'More than a thousand mourners attended the funeral of an RAF veteran who died without any family or friends.
Keith Ingham Nutbrown, 83, passed away at Treflys care home in Llandudno, North Wales recently and it was expected that nobody would attend his funeral.
But crowds of well-wishers descended on Chester Crematorium today to pay their respects at the service. Servicemen and ex-servicemen lined the entrance to the crematorium while members of the RAF performed a fly-past before the service started.
So many people turned up at the funeral that some were forced to listen to the service from outside.
Laurie Black, 77, who attended the short service, where Mr Ingham Nutbrown was given a full military guard of honour, said the RAF veteran was given a 'heroic send off'.'
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Why doesn’t the Daily Mail link work? Are they afraid of
us reading the article without paying for it?
Worked for me. Stop using steam powered PC’s, lol.
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