The church was full for the ceremony, with a video link provided to the school next door for those who could not fit. An inquest heard CCTV footage from inside the coach showed Mr Shrimpton slump to his left while driving the coach, which at the same time left the carriageway and went up an embankment before ending up on its side.

Jessica was a passenger on the bus which was taking her to school along with around 50 other students when it crashed at around 8am.Following the service, members of her family tearfully embraced each other outside the church before the cortege travelled to Blacon Crematorium. The 2023 Poppy Appeal launched with a short ceremony at a Midlands naval reserve centre - and a D-Day veteran and a schoolgirl who's one of the Royal British Legion's youngest fundraisers have helped launch this year's Appeal together. After her death, her family said Jessica loved all sports but “her overriding passion” was for both indoor and outdoor climbing.

The teenager suffered “instantaneous” death from “catastrophic” injuries in the crash on the northbound M53 near junction five at Hooton on the Wirral on Friday, 29 September.She says she was "a bit nervous" before the appeal launched "because it is [her] first time on TV." Ted Rutland, who is 100 years old, took part in the D-Day landings. Whilst a soldier with the Royal Engineers, he survived an aerial bombardment which claimed the lives of many of his comrades. The inquest hearing was told Mr Shrimpton was pronounced dead at the scene at 8.50am. Credit: Facebook The 'cascade' of poppies bears the names of Midlands servicemen and women killed in action. Credit: ITV News Central