Funeral procession for WW2 paratrooper veteran

A procession was held through Mullion in memory of Herbert "Herbie" Samuel Bray

Dozens of veterans from across Cornwall have gathered to pay their respects to a former World War Two paratrooper.

Herbert "Herbie" Samuel Bray, from Mullion, died in October, aged 97.

He was thought to have been one of the last-surviving British paratroopers from the war.

His family issued an appeal for former and serving personnel to attend his funeral in Mullion, where he lived most of his life.

Mr Bray was thought to be one of the last-surviving World War Two paratroopers

A procession was held through the village before a funeral took place at Mullion Parish Church.

Veterans travelled from across Cornwall, and as far away as Southampton, to honour the former soldier.

Tom French, chairman of the Royal Cornwall Parachute Regimental Association, said Mr Bray was proud of where he lived.

"He was a Cornishman through and through ... loved Mullion - he never moved within a mile of where he was born," he said.

"He was just a really nice, all-round, unassuming fella."

Mr Bray joined the war in 1944, aged 18, serving at the Rhine crossing and then in Palestine as a paratrooper.

His grandson, Jordan Jane, had described the veteran as a "remarkable man" whose life "served the country".