Passengers on the Southeastern service were asked to move off the train or into a separate carriage as an off-duty midwife, nurse and police officer came forward to help.

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Elizabeth Preece, the divisional commander at Killingbeck station, said on-duty as well as off-duty officers had also paid their respects.

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With his unfettered wavy white curls and unshaven jowls he fittingly resembles a sea captain off-duty.

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