Thousands of people lined the streets of Hamilton on Tuesday to pay respects to a soldier described as a “kid at heart” who was gunned down as he stood on guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa.
Soldiers load Cpl. Nathan Cirillo’s coffin into a hearse at the start of the funeral procession in Hamilton. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
Canadian flags flap in the breeze as the casket moves past the John Weir Foote Armoury. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
People pay their respects as the procession winds it was through downtown Hamilton. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Soldiers escort the coffin along the procession route. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
A soldier salutes as onlookers at a nearby bakery watch the procession pass by. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
The procession makes it's way through the streets of Hamilton. (Aaron Harris/Reuters)
Kathy Cirillo, mother of Cpl. Cirillo, is comforted by military escorts. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
Soldiers carry the coffin into Christ’s Church Cathedral. (Fred Thornhill/Reuters)
Marcus Cirillo, 5, covers his ears as the casket bearing his father, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, is carried into the church. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)
Kathy Cirillo is comforted after leaving the church following the funeral service for her son. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)
Marcus Cirillo arrives at the funeral for his father, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
Five-year-old Marcus Cirillo waves a Canadian flag from a car window following the funeral service for his father. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)