A private funeral for Captain Sir Tom Moore has begun.
The 100 year-old, who raised almost £33m for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden, died with coronavirus on 2 February.
Six members of the Yorkshire Regiment carried his coffin into the crematorium in Bedford.
An honour guard fired fire three volleys and a World War Two-era plane performed a flypast.
Placed on top of his coffin, draped in the Union flag, were campaign medals, his knighthood medal and a replica of his service cap from World War Two.
His family followed the coffin into the crematorium for a private service, which will be followed by a bugler sounding The Last Post.
Having left the family home just after 11:25 GMT, the hearse carrying the man who became a national hero and was knighted by the Queen arrived at Bedford crematorium 15 minutes before the private family ceremony at noon.
The funeral is being attended by Captain Sir Tom's two daughters, Lucy Teixeira and Hannah Ingram-Moore, four grandchildren and his sons-in-law.
Members of the Yorkshire Regiment are providing a military guard for the ceremony.
In the skies overhead, a C-47 Dakota, part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, soared past in tribute to the man whose charity efforts inspired people across the UK.
His family had said that although Covid guidelines meant only eight relatives attended, it would be a "spectacular" event.
A bugler will sound The Last Post when the service concludes, and St Mary's Church in Marston Moretaine, Captain Sir Tom's home village, will lead others across the country in ringing their bells 100 times at 12:00 GMT.
A post on his Twitter page read: "So even if tomorrow is my last day, if all those I loved are waiting for me then that tomorrow will be a good day too" while the Yorkshire Regiment posted it was "proud" to be representing the British Army at the funeral.
They said it was a "solemn, dignified and fitting tribute to a man who inspired millions".
Singer Michael Buble has recorded a version of the song Smile to be played during the service.
My Way by Frank Sinatra will be heard at the end, as requested by Capt Sir Tom, who said he liked the line about "having too few regrets to mention".
The charity single he recorded with Michael Ball, You'll Never Walk Alone, will also be featured, along with The White Cliffs Of Dover by Dame Vera Lynn and I Vow To Thee My Country by Alfie Boe.
Final resting place
The veteran had spent the last few months of his life writing a book which he had planned to publish just before his 101st birthday.
A section was released, in which he said he would "like to watch my own funeral from a distance" and laugh at "everyone making a lot of fuss over me".
"I want the service to end with My Way by Frank Sinatra because I always did things my way and I especially like the line about having too few regrets to mention," he wrote.
Captain Sir Tom was originally from Keighley near Bradford, and his family said that once Covid-19 restrictions allow, his ashes will be interred in Yorkshire, where he will rest with his parents and grandparents in the Moore family plot.
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