HUNDREDS of mourners, including politicians, bikers and ex-servicemen and women, gathered in Plymouth yesterday for the funeral of Northern Ireland veteran Dennis Hutchings.
The 80-year-old, from Cawsand in Cornwall, died in Belfast last month, after contracting Covid-19 while he was in the city to face trial over a fatal shooting in County Tyrone in 1974.
The funeral service – which took place at the Minster Church of St Andrew in Plymouth yesterday afternoon – saw dozens of motorbikes from Rolling Thunder UK accompanying the coffin as part of the cortege.
Hundreds of people in military clothing lined roads and applauded and saluted as the coffin went by – before it was carried into the church by military pallbearers to the sounds of The Life Guards Slow March.
Bikers revved their engines and sounded their horns as they arrived close to the church. Military flags were held aloft as the coffin went by and wreaths were laid outside the church while the coffin was draped in a Union Flag, floral tributes, and a military hat.
Among those at the funeral was former veterans minister and Plymouth Moor View MP Johnny Mercer – who spoke during the service.
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