The Air Historical Branch published a colour image yesterday showing the RAF Apprentices of 104 Entry at Halton escorting Churchill's coffin ...

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Image Credit : MOD RAF Air Historical Branch

The ceremony came up in conversation yesterday morning, and it turned out that I was talking to a chap who had been a subaltern with one of the Guards' escort parties. Talking about recalling the struggle the bearers had on the steps of St Paul's, he said that the sailors pulling the gun-carriage had at least as hard a time on the haul up the steady incline on Ludgate Hill. There were really not enough of them for the task, with the result that the procession was some 7 minutes late in arriving at St Paul's.

I think a Vulcan was used to get the film of the Funeral to the USA for their news programs.