Town turns out to honour war veteran who died in a care home and had no-one to go to his funeral
Albert Vaughan, 89, died in care home but had few relatives to mourn himHome's manager sent out email to veterans inviting them to funeralEmail goes global and hundreds turn out to pay their respects

A war veteran who died with just a handful of relatives to mourn him has been given a hero's funeral after a care home manager sent out a hopeful email which went global. 

About 500 people attended the funeral today of ex-Royal Marine Albert Vaughan who died on his 89th birthday at a Staffordshire nursing home last month.

Standard bearers and members of the public lined the streets as Mr Vaughan's coffin was taken to St Editha's Church, in Tamworth.

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