BATH, ENGLAND – JUNE 1965The memorial service for Nicole Quayle, former member of the Foreign Office, took place at Haycombe Cemetery, near her family"s home town of Bath. It was a clear crisp day, with a radiant sun, and everybody agreed that it was the kind of day Nicole herself would have enjoyed.
It was attended by her father, looking his most frail but sporting his wartime medals, and a compendium of aunts and uncles, cousins, and immediate friends from her school days. All gathered around the patriarch of the family like a shield wall. It was a memorial service. Not so much a funeral per say, after all, how could you have a burial when there was so little of the body remaining? But the vicar said the correct things and everyone agreed that the choice of hymns was well picked. Who co
