The body of a soldier killed in Afghanistan is being flown back into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire today.
Lance Corporal Jamie Webb served with 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment. His cortege will pass through Carterton on route to the John Racliffe Hospital.
VIDEO: Corporal David O'Connor from Havant in Hampshire and Corporal Channing Day from Swindon were repatriated at Brize Norton today. Both soldiers died following a gun battle in Helmand Province.
The bodies of Captain James Townley, from Tunbridge Wells, and Wiltshire based Sergeant Jonathan Eric Kups are being flown home today.
A private ceremony will be held at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire before they're taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital.
Capt Townley, 29, died in Camp Bastion from wounds sustained while serving at a forward operating base ast Friday.
His family said: "James was a wonderful, loving and caring son and brother. He was devoted to his girlfriend, Helen. He was our guardian angel and our hero. We were so proud of him."
Sgt Kups, a husband and father of three, died the same day. An electronics technician, the 38-year-old was described by his commanding officer as "a man of real substance".
In a statement, his family said: "Jonathan was a wonderful husband and loving father to three children.
He was a loyal man with a wide circle of friends, a devoted son, son-in-law, grandson and brother."
His children described him as "the best Dad: our hero".
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The body of a soldier killed in Afghanistan has been flown back into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
29 year old Stephen James Healey who served with the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh died after his vehicle struck a bomb in Helmand Province on Saturday.
This afternoon, his cortege passed the memorial garden in Carterton en route to the John Radcliffe Hospital.
Two Oxfordshire based soldiers are due to be repatriated to RAF Brize Norton later today.
Corp Andrew Roberts was killed alongside Priv Ratu Silibaravi during an indirect fire attack on their base in Nahr-e Saraj, Afghanistan, last Friday.
Both served in the 23 Pioneer Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps, based in Bicester.
