The body of Fusilier Lee Rigby has arrived at Bury Parish Church for an overnight vigil
Date published: 11 July 2013
Drummer Lee Rigby
The body of Fusilier Lee Rigby has arrived at his regiment's garrison church for a vigil on the eve of his funeral.
Drummers escorted the cortege to Bury Parish Church, with onlookers applauding as it passed.
A service will take place for the family ahead of a full military funeral and private committal on Friday.
Ahead of the cortege, soldiers from his regiment marched and veterans carried regimental flags.
Floral tributes carrying the words 'daddy' and 'son' accompanied his coffin draped in the Union flag.
Lee Rigby's loved ones will gather around the coffin of the Fusilier with an honour guard of soldiers from his regiment remaining with the Fusilier Rigby's body overnight inside the church.
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