James Hawes, Manor Park

James Hawes is the Manor Park branch of West & Coe, an independent, family-owned funeral director serving London and Essex from its office at 29 Station Road. The branch arranges traditional funerals and direct cremations, supplies coffins, caskets and funeral vehicles including hearses, limousines and horse-drawn carriages, and provides service sheets, memorials, probate and wills guidance, repatriation services, and funeral planning including prepaid plans.

West & Coe was founded in 1903 when Edward John West and Harry Woolard Coe, former apprentice carpenters, formed a partnership in East London, and the firm - now in its fourth generation of family leadership with chairman Jeremy West (who joined at just 16) and later Jamie West and Richard Gillanders - describes itself as Dagenham's oldest business and funeral director. The company began offering cremations in 1922 and launched its H.O.P.E. bereavement support programme in 2006. It is an appointed representative of Golden Charter Limited (FCA regulated), operates under the SAIF Code of Practice, and is a long-standing sponsor of Dagenham & Redbridge FC as well as local cricket and bowls clubs, having raised close to £500,000 for charity over the past decade.

As one of several offices across Essex and East London, the Manor Park branch gives Newham families access to West & Coe's full range of funeral and repatriation services alongside its transparent, standardised pricing.