Some bowed their heads, some crossed themselves,
some stood to attention and others just stared in shocked
disbelief as people paid their last respects in their own
way. A child stood and counted the hearses one by one. The
innocence pulled at the heartstrings as one imagined children,
families, and friends who had lost their loved ones in a
cruel way.
People came out of pubs and their houses as they saw the
flashing blue lights of the rolling escort. When the hearses
reached Wootton Bassett at 7pm they were greeted by a high
street packed full of people. Slowing by the war memorial,
unveiled only in October, the Parade Marshall of the Wootton
Bassett Royal British Legion called their members to attention.
Wootton Bassett Mayor, Cllr Susan Cooksley, laid a wreath
with Wootton Bassett's Royal British Legion President,
George Richardson.
Cllr Cooksley said: "Ten is just a number until you
see ten hearses go past.
Wiltshire Coroner David Masters will later release the
bodies to the families in order for the funerals to take
place. Inquests will be opened but it is not yet known
when they will be resumed.
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