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"Public Honours"
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 ? |
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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 |
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community - Local Board member, Secretary of the Assembly Rooms, Secretary & Treasurer of the local hunt etc. |
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