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| Veterans' Churchill hearse honour | Veterans' Churchill hearse honour |
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| The hearse used to carry wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill is being offered to the families of veterans of WWII free of charge for funeral services. | |
| The hearse carried the former Prime Minister's coffin to his final resting place in Bladon, Oxon in 1965. | The hearse carried the former Prime Minister's coffin to his final resting place in Bladon, Oxon in 1965. |
| Bristol-based MW Funeral Directors is beginning the new service on Wednesday as a mark of appreciation for the veterans' wartime contribution. | Bristol-based MW Funeral Directors is beginning the new service on Wednesday as a mark of appreciation for the veterans' wartime contribution. |
| The gesture marks 63 years since the D-day landings. | |
| Bladon parish church lies just outside the Blenheim estate, where Sir Winston Churchill was born. | Bladon parish church lies just outside the Blenheim estate, where Sir Winston Churchill was born. |