Killed solider named by MoD
The Ministry of Defence has named the soldier who was killed in Afghanistan on Monday as Sapper Richard Reginald Walker from 28 Engineer Regiment.
Sapper Richard Walker's body repatriated
The body of a British soldier shot dead by a member of the Afghan National Army was repatriated to the UK today.
Sapper Richard Walker - a member of 28 Engineer Regiment attached to 21 Engineer Regiment - was killed in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province on January 7.
His coffin, draped in the Union flag draped, was flown into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
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