Funeral for hero sergeant who died from wounds
Colour Sergeant Alan Cameron's coffin was accompanied by a floral tribute which simply read "Dad".
Mourners at St John's Church in Bathgate remembered a humourous and courageous man.
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Hide AdThe 42-year-old father-of-one, from the 1st Battalion Scots Guards, was wounded while on patrol in an area north of Lashkar Gah, on 13 April 2010. Despite a series of operations, he died at home in Livingston on 31 March.
His commanding officer, Lt Col Jopp, described him as a "wonderful man", and remembered the "stunned silence" when he heard of Cammy's death, which came "as a bolt from the blue".
Captain Stewart Bridgehouse said said he was "a really loving father and he loved his brotherhood of soldiers".