Armed Forces Funeral
Price: £3,650*
| Service | Package includes/excludes |
|---|---|
| Funeral Director's fees and services | ✔ |
| Care of your loved one including transportation, preparation, dressing and use of the chapel of rest, by appointment only, during office hours | ✔ |
| Hearse, four bearers and one chauffeur driven limousine from an address to a designated place of worship and/ or committal within a 25-mile radius. The limousine will return you to a local destination of your choice (additional limousines are available on request) | ✔ |
The Gateshead Coffin. The Gateshead is a semi-solid redwood timber coffin with a high raised lid, rich gloss finish and can be draped in a Union Jack Flag. Fully lined with gold effect furnishings and engraved nameplates (Please note for outsized and specialist coffins a small additional fee will be applied) | ✔ |
| An artificial floral tribute is available on request | ✔ |
| The Gateshead - The Cragside ashes casket with engraved nameplate | ✔ |
| Standard Bearer (if available) | ✔ |
| Funeral Director on the day to conduct the funeral | ✔ |
| Cremation fee (based on cremation in Gateshead, additional costs maybe incurred if cremation takes place at a different crematorium or if a burial is required) | ✔ |
| A social media notice | ✔ |
| Minister or Officiant fees (up to £240 anything above this will be chargeable) | ✔ |
| Bugler to play the last post If a bugler is not available a recorded version of the last post will be played | ✖ |
| Grave purchase fees and any memorial fees (where applicable and at extra cost) | ✖ |
| Embalming (where applicable and at an extra cost) | ✖ |
This is an attended service and additional items can be applied such as limousines, death notice in a newspaper, additional flowers, order or service and coffin suites.
All third-party costs such as crematorium, ministers or officiant fees must be paid for before the funeral service.
*Charges subject to inflation. Prices correct as of 1 May 2026.
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