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Old 14th Oct 2012, 22:10
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Tommo is buried in Legsby, near Market Rasen, in Lincolnshire.

I too was at the funeral. Before mobile phones and GPS and there was to be a flypast. A complex system of links by radio from the church to a local landrover with a bigger radio to somewhere nearby, like Binbrook. The party exited the church early and the message was relayed to arrive early. The Vicar however compensated and added an extra prayer. More messages ensued. Anyway, the result was wonderful - a single Hawk, slow and at idle, flew over just as the last note of the last post faded away and climbed serenely into cloud. The wake was at the family home which I think was next to the church.

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