"Public Honours"

[vita]

Can anyone please tell me what was meant by "buried ....... with public

honours" in a Victorian obit?

Would it have meant lots of kind things said, etc ?

[Olde Crone]

If it wasn't Military honours, then it would mean that some person or organisation of importance was involved in the funeral and burial ceremony.

Nowadays (where I live) it often means the roads are closed and police etc are involved as stewards. the last "public honours" funeral I remember locally was for a man who had given an unstinting lifetime of service to the local community.

OC

[vita]

Originally Posted by Olde Crone

If it wasn't Military honours, then it would mean that some person or organisation of importance was involved in the funeral and burial ceremony.

Nowadays (where I live) it often means the roads are closed and police etc are involved as stewards. the last "public honours" funeral I remember locally was for a man who had given an unstinting lifetime of service to the local community.

OC

Thanks OC - he would have loved that! He was something of a pillar of

community - Local Board member, Secretary of the Assembly Rooms,

Secretary & Treasurer of the local hunt etc.