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Local funeral director
undertakes Group Captain’s funeral
Top brass from the RAF were in attendance at
the recent funeral of Group Captain Stephen Newton,
aged 47.
The military funeral with full honours was arranged
by Walding & Son of High Street, Uxbridge
and the funeral service, led by Padre Graham Brown,
was held at Breakspear Crematorium in Ruislip.
The coffin, dressed with flags and RAF regalia,
was carried by six military pallbearers along
with two escorts and a standard bearer. As a mark
of respect to the seniority of Group Captain Stephen
Newton, a VIP Transport Plane made a low level
flyover of the crematorium.
Amongst the numerous civilian and military mourners
were representatives of both the Queen and the
Duke of York, Air Office Commanding from two RAF
divisions and of the Mayor of Hillingdon.
Commenting on conducting, such a major military
funeral, Gabby Sanchez of Walding & Son said
“We were delighted to have been chosen to
handle such an important funeral for the RAF.
As you would expect, the whole service was carried
out with great dignity and true military precision”.
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