A military funeral has been held for a trailblazing female Army officer after she was killed in a car crash.
Comrades bid an emotional farewell to Captain Elizabeth Godwin, who was the first female officer of the Life Guards - which is part of the Household Cavalry. She died in Surrey on September 5, aged 28.
The funeral took place on Wednesday at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, London, where nine mounted cavalry troopers from the Life Guards formed a detachment on the Wellington Barracks Square for the arrival of the hearse.
Members of the regiment carried her coffin, and the steps to the chapel were lined by dismounted dutymen from The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals Regiment.
At the top of the steps, there was an honour guard of soldiers from Army Training Regiment Pirbright, young soldiers she had taught at the time of her death.
