Hero's farewell to one of last Dunkirk veterans

Four of Arthur's grandsons carried his coffin Credit: ITV News

One of the last surviving veterans of the Dunkirk evacuation has been given a hero's send-off at his funeral in Dorset

Arthur Taylor died earlier this month at the age of 98. He was one of 330-thousand men rescued from the French beach in 1940.

He went on to work on Spitfires in Kent during the Battle of Britain, and spent a further 36 years in the RAF.

Arthur never forgot those who fought and died alongside him Credit: ITV Meridian

Four of his sons and three of his grandsons followed him into the military.

His experiences helped director Christopher Nolan to make the film Dunkirk.

Rachel Hepworth was in Bournemouth - as friends and family celebrated his life: