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Pictures taken by The News capture the poignancy of the funeral service for former Royal Marine Jimmy McConnell.

Hundreds of strangers paid tribute to him at Milton Cemetery in Portsmouth after it was feared that he had no friends to attend his funeral.

The pictures in our tribute sequence were taken by Malcolm Wells, chief photographer of The News.

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