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Watch as motorcycles processed through a Derbyshire town in honour of Donald Rose.

More than 100 motorcyclists rode through Ilkeston to mark the funeral of the UK’s oldest Second World War veteran.

Donald Rose, who was a D-Day veteran and fought as a Desert Rat in North Africa, died last month aged 110.

The service, held on Friday at Ilkeston Football Ground in Derbyshire , was attended by Mr Rose’s family, members of the armed forces, the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire, the High Sheriff, the Mayor of Erewash and others who wanted to pay tribute to the “war hero”.

Some bikers who escorted the hearse to the service attached Union Flags and other flags reading “Lest we forget” to their motorbikes, while children outside the football ground held a banner whic

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