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Service honours fallen fireman | |
(about 23 hours later) | |
The Edinburgh firefighter who died tackling a blaze at a city pub in July has been honoured at a church service. | |
Ewan Williamson's family were present at the the annual international Firefighters Service of Remembrance. | |
The service, at the Church of St Bartholomew the Great in London, was followed by a parade to the National Firefighters Memorial nearby. | |
Mr Williamson was the first firefighter to die during active service in the Scottish capital in living memory. | |
His family attended the service with a number of friends and colleagues from Tollcross fire station's Green Watch and Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service and later laid a wreath of white lilies at the memorial. | |
He was killed while tackling a fire in the Balmoral Bar in the early hours of 12 July. | |
Thousands of mourners lined the streets of the city on the day of his funeral. | Thousands of mourners lined the streets of the city on the day of his funeral. |
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