Sergeant Barry John Weston (42 Commando) Royal Marines
will take place on –
Thursday, 8th September, 2011.
Flypast over Carterton 15:00 hours
RAF Brize Norton (Family Service Starts) 16:00 hours
Cortege expected to leave RAF Brize Norton 17:00 hours +/- 30 minutes - Estimated time of departure
- (Approximately 0.8 miles to Brize Norton
Brize Norton Village 17.05 hours +/- 30 minutes
- (Approximately 0.9 miles to Memorial
Memorial Garden (Norton Way, Carterton) 17.10 hours +/- 30 minutes
- (Approximately 40 minutes travelling time to JRH)
St Anthony of Padua Parish Church 17.45 hours +/- 30 minutes (Situated at entrance to JRH)
John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford) 17.50 hours +/- 30 minutes - Estimated time of arrival
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Please note that this is the first repatriation from RAF Brize Norton, so we have no past experience to call upon with regard to timings. There has been an official shift from various agencies involved issuing their own estimate of the timings, to this being done centrally through the Oxford County Council Repatriation Team.
Also, Oxford CC and the Thames Valley Police have conducted several trial runs along this new route but have not released any details to the general public on how things went, except to say that they were happy with the results.
Having calculated the timings above by extrapolating our experiences from the old route I now sincerely hope I am right.
Information I am receiving indicates a large turn out, so if attending make sure you arrive in plenty of time.
