The funeral of a Dambusters hero has been attended by hundreds of people who never knew the WWII veteran.
Harold Jellicoe Percival was part of Bomber Command and served as ground crew for the Dambusters raids which took place in May 1943.
Mr Percival never married or had children. When he died at the age of 99, the funeral home in Lancanshire organising the service put an advert in a newspaper appealing for people to attend. The advert made its way onto social media sites.