Thursday 25 February 2010

Corporal Liam Riley: Military Funeral, Sheffield

Yesterday I photographed the funeral of Corporal Liam Riley, 21, of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, the Duke of Wellington's. He was killed by an explosion in Afghanistan on February 1st as he tried to assist Lance Corporal Graham Shaw, who was killed by a blast moments earlier. An estimated crowd of 500 paid their respects outside Sheffield Cathedral as he was carried in by fellow soldiers, with his family walking closely behind.

As always, there was a large number of British Legion members in attendance. Before the cortège arrived they shared a joke as I photographed them.



The family of Corporal Liam Riley arrive.





The pain is etched on the face of Cheryl Routledge, Liam's mother, as she walks into Sheffield Cathedral holding the hand of her daughter Olivia, aged 6, Liam's step sister.

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