Just two people were set to attend the funeral of Lance Corporal Terence Paddy Purcell. But after a social media call-out, hundreds of veterans gathered to give him a proper military send-off.
British spy Terence “Paddy” Purcell died aged 70 after a long clandestine career, and when it emerged that he was set for a pauper's funeral, soldiers turned up in force to give him a send-off
Lance Corporal Terence Paddy Purcell was due to be buried at Kingston upon Thames Crematorium, in southwest London, yesterday with just two people attending his funeral.