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His body was then transferred to a small plane and flown to Damak in eastern Nepal, where 'VC Limbu Saheb' as he's known here, lived after retiring from the British Army. 

Captain Ram Bahadur Limbu was awarded Britain's highest military decoration by Queen Elizabeth II in 1966, for gallantry during the Borneo confrontation, where he put his life in danger to save the lives of others.

He was one of 13 Gurkha Victoria Cross winners and had outlived the others.

On Friday morning at dawn, his body was collected from the mortuary in Damak, moved to a truck draped in garlands and flowers and taken to his old house in Damak.

There a public funeral was held.

Hundreds turned out to pay their respects, then followed as the coffin was paraded through the city streets to a small temple, built by VC Limbu himself for the community.

His casket was lowered into his final resting place and the crowds outside filed through one by one to say a final farewell.

The funeral marks the beginning of 11 days of mourning for the family, after which they can release Captain Limbu to the gods.