Soldiers' Bodies Flown Home
The bodies of six soldiers from Warminster killed in Helmand, Afghanistan are to be repatriated to RAF Brize Norton.
The bodies of six soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan have been flown home
The men, serving with the 3rd Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment were killed on patrol in Helmand Province on March 6th. Today they were flown back to RAF Brize Norton before being taken through the nearby village of Carterton. Eli Louise Wringe reports.
Six fallen soldiers have been repatriated
by Robert Murphy
Robert Murphy reflects on the largest repatriation seen at RAF Brize Norton since it took over from Royal Wootton Bassett
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Plane carrying six soldiers killed in Afghanistan arrives in UK
A RAF plane carrying the bodies of the six soldiers killed in Afghanistan - the biggest single loss of life the UK forces have had since the conflict started in 2001 - has landed at Brize Norton. Read more on this story.
Soldiers repatriated to Brize Norton
The bodies of the 6 soldiers from Warminster, killed in Afghanistan earlier this month have been repatriated to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. Families have gathered for the return of their loved ones.
Flag flies at half mast in Carterton ahead of repatriation
Six soldiers were killed earlier this month when their Warrior Armoured vehicle was destroyed by a Taliban bomb. They are being repatriated today. All the men were from the Yorkshire Regiment and were based at Warminster. Read: Afghanistan - the war invading the lives of all of us.
Six soldiers killed in Afghanistan to be repatriated
The bodies of six soldiers killed in the single deadliest attack on UK forces in Afghanistan since 2001 are to be flown home.
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The bodies of six soldiers killed in Afghanistan are to be repatriated today
The six men from 3rd Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment, were based in Warminster. They were caught in an explosion when on patrol in their Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle.
