Final farewell to canal crash hero

Hundreds of people lined the streets to pay their respects to the 26-year-old who died in Afghanistan along with three colleagues when their vehicle plunged into a canal.

L/Cpl Ramsden had left the Army in 2008 to spend more time with his family but courageously volunteered to return to action at the start of this year.

Mourners heard that despite serving in a different regiment – 1st Battalion the Mercian as opposed to 1st Battalion The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire beforehand – he held strong to the Yorkshire way and was an "honest, fair and gritty soldier".