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Forms for burial or cremation authorities and funeral directors to claim back fees and specific expenses for a child burial or cremation.
More than a century after his death, Private (Pte) William James Meager, a 38 year old soldier from Bloomsbury in London, has finally been laid to rest with full military honours alongside two other unknown British soldiers.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
More than a century after his death, Lance Serjeant Robert Brand, a 24-year-old Glaswegian soldier has finally been laid to rest with full military honours in Belgium. He was buried alongside two unknown soldiers from the same regiment.
List of funeral directors for British nationals in Guatemala.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has announced changes to the licensing conditions for human burials at sea for the sea burial site at The Needles off the Isle of Wight.
List of funeral directors for British nationals in Trinidad and Tobago.
A temporary export bar has been placed on a walrus ivory carving of the Deposition from the Cross so a domestic buyer can be found.
The process when a British national dies in Germany, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
List of English-speaking funeral directors for British nationals abroad in China.
List of funeral directors for British nationals in El Salvador.
List of English-speaking funeral directors for UK nationals in Chile.
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