Mourners line the streets for campaigner Anne Williams
Crowds pay respect to Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams. Credit: Peter Byrne/PA WireA note in the floral tributes outside Our Lady Of Compassion Church in Merseyside. Credit: Peter Byrne/PA WireLeigh MP Andy Burnham, who is from Liverpool, attends the funeral Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
The funeral of Anne Williams, whose 15-year-old son died during the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, is taking place in Merseyside a week after she lost her battle with cancer.
The coffin is brought in Our Lady Of Compassion Church, Formby, Merseyside. Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
Liverpool's manager Brendan Rodgers, the club's managing director Ian Ayre, former footballer Michael Ball and MP Andy Burnham have all attended the ceremony.
Liverpool FC manager Brendan Rogers and the club's Managing Director Ian Ayre. Credit: Peter Byrne/PA WireCrowds line the streets as the cortege arrives. Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams defied doctors by attending her last public appearance at the Hillsborough memorial service on the Monday before she died.
Anne Williams in 2009, wearing a t-shirt showing the names of the 96 fans killed at Hillsborough Credit: Anthony Devlin/PA Archive
Since then, Mrs Williams was known as one of the loudest voices throughout the campaigners' efforts for justice.
She was an early chairman of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign and later independently established Hope For Hillsborough (For Justice) in an effort to secure a fresh inquest into her son's death.
The funeral of Anne Williams will take place in Merseyside, later today.
Crowds are expected to line the streets in Merseyside to pay their respects to the Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams whose funeral takes place today.
