G.T. Embalming Service Ltd.

Dedicated to my Father

Robert Taylor M.B.I.E.

Geoff Taylor F.B.I.E, M.E.A.E.

Kevin has been a second generation embalmer for the last 20 years. His father, Allan Sinclair, is well
known and respected in the funeral industry. To date Kevin’s career has encompassed almost all aspects
of the funeral arena but in 1990 he decided on a career in embalming and qualified in 1992. He has
worked for the Co-operative and Dignity funeral services and has embalmed over 40,000 cases. In
2005 he joined G.T. Embalming Service Ltd and up to 2012 was the sole embalmer for Lodge Brothers
funeral directors.

Over the years he has worked in many varied situations including being part of the Global Partnership
team in the Comoros Islands following the plane crash devastation. He has also embalmed in
Afghanistan and the Falkland Islands for forward repatriation on behalf of G.T. Embalming Service Ltd.
Kevin is an examiner for the International Examination Board of Examiners and in 2007 became
an Accredited Tutor. In the same year he began the London School of Embalming with his fellow
Tutor, Maria New. In 2011-2012 he held the office of the National President of the British Institute of
Embalmers.

Call Kevin: 07788 202325

Personalised Repatriation Services

How many times have you been concerned about care of the deceased that arrive from outside the UK?

We at G.T. Embalming Service Limited are proud to present a specialized service which enables us to send an embalmer, at short notice, to anywhere in the world to embalm the deceased for repatriation.

The repatriation is achieved through Rowland Brothers International which has been established since 1971 with over 500 agents worldwide.

Over the years G.T. Embalming Service Limited have successfully repatriated from countries such as Morocco. Afghanistan, and the Falkland Islands.

In recent years G.T. Embalming Service Limited has become synonymous with the production of death masks and hand casts in either plaster or metallic resins. Both Geoff and Kevin have conducted numerous demonstrations detailing the finer aspects of this art and offer this service as part of the G.T.E.S. Portfolio. G.T. Embalming Service Limited now welcomes Nick Reynolds as a dedicated member of the our team, to carry on the creative work.

Nick Reynolds is dedicated to reviving the lost tradition of death masks and is one of the UK’s leading specialists.

Historically, death masks were originally made as magical funerary masks. The role of the mask was to protect the wearer through the perilous journey through the underworld and also to preserve the features in the afterlife. Although thousands of masks have been discovered, the most famous example is the extraordinarily beautiful death mask of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The Romans kept wax death masks of their ancestors, as a kind of family tree and proof of lineage, in a niche cupboard called a Lararium.

On special occasions their memory would be honoured at ceremonies and the mask worn by an actor. During the Middle Ages the royal households of England and France continued this tradition. Here however, a death mask was made as a sculptor’s aid
to create a realistic posthumous sculpture and to make a lifelike wax effigy which would be displayed in a room of honour long after the person had actually been buried.

By the Victorian times, Memento Mori as a reminder of death and mortality were extremely popular; death masks were commonplace . No longer reserved for royalty and nobility, they were created for those who could afford it. The invention of photography was to replace death masks as valued keepsakes so the practice almost ceased to exist.

Nick Reynolds and G.T. Embalming Service Limited believe that people will again realise the importance of this tradition as death masks are the last three-dimensional record on earth of a unique life. Unlike pictures,they have weight and a presence; they are also tactile and possess a cathartic quality that can offer more comfort than a photograph.

Faces and/or hands may be cast. This involves moulding the subject with a soft compound from which a positive can be made. The positive can be presented in plaster, cold cast bronze, bonded marble or real bronze.

	Plaster Casts Faces can be wall mounted or self standing on request. In some cases self standing may incur an additional cost. #
	Plaster or Bronze Casts of Hands Nick will work closely with the embalmer in regards how the hands should be specifically positioned at time of embalming. #
	Plaster or Bronze full heads A full head with neck cast is more complicated but can be achieved, but will incur an additional cost. #

# Prices on individual assessment

G.T. Embalming Service Limited is proud to present a brand new service of quarterly Formaldehyde Testing.

Once every quarter whilst our embalmer is working on your premises a test will be performed using a DRAGER gas testing tube. With careful
calculation a part per million reading will be taken and the result will be recorded and sent back to our head office where it will be assessed and recorded.

A certificate will be emailed to you informing you of the result and any significant changes that are present.

It is an important test to perform as it is part of the requirements of Health and Safety, in particular C.O.S.H.H. (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health.)