A beloved postman who worked for Royal Mail for 24 years before his death was given a fitting send off as a fleet of red vans joined his funeral.<br /><br />Colleagues drove 26 mail vans on Lee Woolley’s old postal route before his funeral in Bramcote, Notts.<br /><br />The 48-year-old, who was due to become a father to a baby girl this December, died of cancer on July 2.<br /><br />The much-loved postie’s funeral was held on Thursday (1/8), and his pals followed his hearse around his route in Ilkeston, Derbys., one final time.<br /><br />Posties wearing their distinctive red uniforms lined up in formation outside the Bramcote Crematorium to form a guard of honour for Lee's coffin.