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Jonathan Ball, CEO of the RMA - The
Royal Marines Charity, said: "It will be a one-stop shop that epitomises what the charity is about - comradeship, compassion, collaboration and commemoration."
The new centre was funded with money raised by the
Royal Marines Charity
Draped in a
Royal Marines flag, Mr Butler's coffin was carried into the crematorium to the
Royal Marines' signature tune, with the Last Post played at the end of the service.
A former
Royal Marine who died alone with no close family has been given a touching send-off by serving personnel, veterans and members of the public.
FUNERAL ATTENDED BY UP TO 200 PEOPLE AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA APPEAL By LYDIA MORRIS Daily Post Reporter lydia.morris@reachplc.com SCORES of strangers turned out to pay their respects to a
Royal Marine after he died alone without any close family.
Major General Charles Stickland, Commandant General of the
Royal Marines, said: "It is a real privilege for the
Royal Marines to be given the Freedom of the City of Birmingham.
He added: "If I'd been asked, I would have put my faith in the professionalism of the
Royal Marines.
The event marked the end of the 1664 Global Challenge, which recognises 1664, the year the
Royal Marines were founded, and has seen marines push themselves to the limit with a series of physical exploits in aid of the
Royal Marines Charity.
Lancashire-born Sergeant Bugler Neil Lowe, 33, will be in the travelling party of five
Royal Marines buglers / drummers and a brass quintet playing a tuba, trombone, French horn and trumpets.
Corporal Liam Eley is the first
Royal Marines chef to join the crew of a Royal Navy warship since they were formed in 1664.
He is one of just 600 people to have qualied as a
Royal Marine Reserve Commando and is now backing a new recruiting campaign.