Soldiers' Bodies Flown Home

The bodies of six soldiers from Warminster killed in Helmand, Afghanistan are to be repatriated to RAF Brize Norton.

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Plane carrying six soldiers killed in Afghanistan arrives in UK

Plane arriving at RAF Brize Norton
The Plane carrying the bodies of six soldiers killed in Afghanistan lands at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire Credit: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

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.

Flag flies at half mast in Carterton ahead of repatriation

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6 soldiers from Warminster will be repatriated this afternoon Credit: ITV West

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.

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