War veterans stood to attention as the coffin of Harold Smalley, who was the oldest Leicestershire survivor of the Japanese prisoner of war camps, was carried into church for his funeral.Mr Smalley, of Whitwick, near Coalville, died on January 13 aged 101.More than 200 people attended his funeral today at Christ Church, in London Road, Coalville.Throughout the service, two flags - those of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment and The Royal British Legion Whitwick Branch - stood abreast at the front...
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