Veteran Funeral

Before you read on I must apologise to Lez and Dave (on either side of the photo). My phone camera seems to stretch the edges left and right. They aren't really that big!
Not only was Ivor Panting a Gloucestershire & Wiltshire Regiment (Back Badge) he was also the Brother in Law of one of our riders.
We are often asked to escort a funeral cortege but it's not usually a relative.
Bit of a panic when I thought I was going to miss it when I got to the turning and signs, across the road,  said 'Road Closed' 'No Access', 'Diversion ->'.
I turned and followed the diversion for over a mile only to be met by exactly the same signs and an arrow pointing back the way I'd come!
This time I went as far as I could and found the road-workers cutting across the road but it was a very short bit of works. So I realised that the road is, indeed, closed but for the sake of this tiny bit. Turned around and went back to the original closure notice and ignored it, and I found my fellow RBL Riders Branch riders. 
2 'Airborne' (Paratroop regiment or sometimes Paratroop Royal Engineers), 1 Royal Signals, 1 Royal Marine Commando and 1 (me) Royal Air Force. At the church there were also 4 standard bearers, RBL and Gloucestershire Regiment Association and a couple I'm not sure what they were.
I'm not in the picture of course because I was taking it!.
The families are always very appreciative of us turning up, but for us it's an honour to a fellow veteran who is no longer with us.

P.S. in case you are not sure what 'Back Badge' is, the Gloucestershire Regiment, also called 'The Glorious Glosters' wear a badge at the front of their caps with EGYPT and the Sphinx depicted. On the back of the cap is a small badge with the Sphinx surrounded by a Laurel wreath.
I looked for a good explanation and this is the best one I found, informative and brief;
Gloucestershire Regiment cap badge (intriguing-history.com)