Arranging a funeral

John Short & Son Funeral Directors

Arranging a Funeral


Our aim is to create a tailor-made, bespoke funeral to suit your needs. 

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John Short & Son Funeral Directors

Arranging a Funeral


Our aim is to create a tailor-made, bespoke funeral to suit your needs. 

Call Us

Tailor made


Our aim is to create a tailor-made, bespoke funeral to suit your needs. We can help create the perfect funeral to honour your loved one no matter how simple or elaborate that may be. 


We offer a wide range of funeral services to make the funeral as personal an experience as possible to honour a relative or friend’s life.

Our Funeral Services include:


  • Making the arrangements for a funeral
  • 24 Hour Private Ambulance Service – this service is for people who have passed away in their homes. We can come and collected the deceased no matter what time it is.
  • Professional advice and support
  • Care and preparation of your loved one
  • Mercedes ceremonial funeral vehicles
  • Chapel of Rest visitations – This is an opportunity to view the deceased and say goodbye to your loved one before a funeral.
  • Home visits and arrangements – We can arrange funerals in your own home if this makes it easier for you.
  • Bespoke floral tributes
  • Horse-drawn carriages and alternative vehicles 
  • Golden Charter Pre-Payment plans – An option if you want to pay for your own funeral to give you piece of mind about your relatives having to pay for it when you have gone.
  • Making arrangements for ashes’ interments
  • International repatriation – If a loved one has died while abroad, we can help with arrangements to bring them back to the UK.
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