The bodies of British servicemen and women killed overseas are flown to RAF Lyneham.

The hearses carrying the bodies receive no special escort once they leave the county of Wiltshire, normally bound for the mortuary at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

It is an insult to these brave people and their families that their hearses should travel un-escorted on their journey through the country that these men and women served and died for.

The signatories to this petition request that the Ministry of Defence, in co-ordination with local Chief Constables, arrange for a formal escort for the bodies of all those Servicemen and women, unless the next-of-kin request otherwise.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/escortforheroes/
Needless to say, I've signed. Also needless to say, our wonderful Government will do squit about it, only too happy to send troops over there, under-equipped and improperly equipped, but are very shy of admitting how many are being killed and wounded.