HUNDREDS look on as the coffin of veteran Dennis Hutchings, with the union flag and his cap and medals, passes by.

       The funeral for the 80-year-old ex-Life Guards soldier was held at St Andrew's Church in Plymouth, Devon on Remembrance Day.

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       Hundreds look on as the coffin of veteran Dennis Hutchings, with the union flag and his cap and medals, passes by Credit: Getty 4

       Dennis' partner Kim Devonshire and his son John Hutchings led the mourners along with his friend and Plymouth Moor View MP Johnny Mercer Credit: PA

       Ex-servicemen lined the road to the church with some clapping and others saluting as the coffin draped in the union flag with Mr Hutchings' cap and medals passed by.

       Bikers from Rolling Thunder UK - who had travelled down to the coastal city in convoy along the M5 before the service - revved their engines as the cortege approached the church.

       The great-grandfather of Cawsand, Cornwall, was brought into the church by pallbearers from his old regiment to the sound of The Life Guards Slow March.

       The MoD U-turned on its decision not to allow the Northern Ireland veteran military pallbearers at the funeral.

       Dennis' partner Kim Devonshire and his son John Hutchings led the mourners along with his friend and Plymouth Moor View MP Johnny Mercer.

       Mr Mercer told a packed out church: "We gather today to remember a great man. I want to pay him a fulsome tribute.

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       Mr Mercer told mourners: 'We gather today to remember a great man. I want to pay him a fulsome tribute ' Credit: Getty

       "I want to pay tribute to his family. I want to pay remembrance and pay tribute to his service to this nation.”

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       The MoD U-turned on its decision not to allow the Northern Ireland veteran military pallbearers at the funeral Credit: PA

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