The funeral cortege was one and a half miles long and took 25 minutes to pass any given spot. Due at Abney Park in Stoke Newington for the burials, it finally arrived at 4.00 pm, an hour late. The procession was not allowed in the cemetery, nor were members of the public. Such was the crowd at the cemetery gates that several women fainted in the ensuing scuffles.

The coffins were carried in and laid upon biers. PC Tyler's coffin was carried by six of his colleagues; Ralph Joscelyne's coffin was carried by four policemen. Widowed Mrs Emily Tyler burst into uncontrollable sobbing.

Both bodies were buried near the memorial to Dr Isaac Watts. Ralph Joscelyne was buried first. PC Tyler's widow sobbed throughout his graveside service. The artillerymen fired a volley to indicate to the crowds outside that the funerary rites were concluded.

As the gates of Abney Park Cemetery closed, the body of Jacob Lapidus was interred at Queens Road Cemetery , Walthamstow, in unconsecrated ground.