More than 100 people then lined the street as the cortege drove through Carterton, Oxfordshire.

BBC: Leeds soldier Richard Walker repatriated

The body of Melvin Hillier, 52, from Witney, was found at The Tower Centre in Alvescot Road, Carterton, on Thursday morning.

BBC: Alvescot Road, Carterton

Worst affected are Aldbourne in Wiltshire, Compton and Lambourn in Berkshire, Hambleden in Buckinghamshire, and Playhatch, Standlake and Carterton in Oxfordshire.

BBC: Thames river levels cause sewage pipe overflow