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Captain Sir Tom Moore receives flypast and honour guard at funeral service

Guardian, 27 Feb 2021
A second world war-era plane flew over the funeral service in honour of Moore, who raised almost £39m for NHS charities during the first coronavirus lockdown. An honour guard fired three volleys as Moore's coffin was carried into the crematorium by six soldiers from the Yorkshire Regiment. After tributes to Moore by his family, a bugler played the Last Post.
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