Crowds gather to pay respects to soldier

Hundreds of mourners lined the streets of Ecclefechan to pay their last respects to a soldier who died on a training exercise.

More than 200 people, including soldiers in uniform, stood in silence as Corporal Josh Hoole’s funeral cortege passed through his home village, near Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway. The hearse was led by a lone piper and carried floral tributes spelling Josh. The procession then made its way to the Crichton Memorial Church in Dumfries, where the coffin was carried by a military bearer party.