20 October 2015FlIght Lieutenant Alan Scott Flight Lieutenant Geraint Roberts The pictures below show the repatriation tribute that took place in Headley Way Oxford Mail, 20 October 2015: |
Poppy wreaths: (1) Headington Final Turn Repatriations and (2) Badge of the Royal Air Force, showing an eagle
superimposed on a circlet surmounted by a crown, with the motto Per ardua ad astra ("through struggle to the stars")
Waiting at St Anthony of Padua Church, Headley Way at 4.35pm
Darkness was falling as the cortege approached at 5.50pm
The first hearse, with the coffin draped in the Union flag, approaches the Final Turn
The second hearse follows closely behind