A member of the public reads an Order of Service during the funeral of Dennis Hutchings, who died after contracting Covid-19 while he was in Belfast to face trial over a fatal shooting incident in Co Tyrone in 1974, at St Andrew's Church in Plymouth. Picture date: Thursday November 11, 2021.A member of the public reads an Order of Service during the funeral of Dennis Hutchings, who died after contracting Covid-19 while he was in Belfast to face trial over a fatal shooting incident in Co Tyrone in 1974, at St Andrew's Church in Plymouth. Picture date: Thursday November 11, 2021.
A member of the public reads an Order of Service during the funeral of Dennis Hutchings, who died after contracting Covid-19 while he was in Belfast to face trial over a fatal shooting incident in Co Tyrone in 1974, at St Andrew's Church in Plymouth. Picture date: Thursday November 11, 2021.

In Pictures: Military service of veteran Dennis Hutchings ‘remembered and respected’

The military service of Northern Ireland veteran Dennis Hutchings is “remembered and respected” despite attempts to “rewrite history”, funeral mourners have heard.

The 80-year-old, from Cawsand in Cornwall, died in Belfast last month after contracting Covid-19 while he was in the city to face trial over a fatal shooting in Co Tyrone in 1974.

The funeral service, which took place in Plymouth on Thursday afternoon, saw dozens of motorbikes from Rolling Thunder UK accompanying the coffin as part of the cortege.