Army stages virtual battle
Soldiers have been taking part in a Call Of Duty-style experiment in Wiltshire
Soldiers have been taking part in a Call Of Duty-style experiment in Wiltshire
Family and friends of Private Daniel Wilford will gather today for his funeral.
The funeral of Private Anthony Frampton, who was killed in Afghanistan in March, has taken place today.
Large crowds have turned out in Warminster to welcome home the 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment after their recent tour of Afghanistan.
Around 400 soldiers marched through the town before attending a service to remember nine men who lost their lives.
Our reporter Duncan Sleightholme was there:
Large crowds have turned out in Warminster to welcome home the 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment after their recent tour of Afghanistan.
Around 400 soldiers marched through the town before attending a service to remember the nine men who lost their lives.
They will be presented with campaign medals this afternoon.
A level crossing where a man from Warminster and a man from Wells died is expected to be replaced with a bridge.
They were among seven who died after a train derailed in Berkshire in 2004. Network Rail is expected to announce the replacement at Ufton Nervet as part of a rail electrification scheme.
Two Wiltshire soldiers shot dead in Afghanistan have been named.
Sergeant Gareth Thursby, who was 29 and 18 year old Private Thomas Wroe were killed by a man dressed in a local Afghan Police uniform in Helmand Province on Saturday.
Both men were serving with Warminster-based 3rd Batallion the Yorkshire regiment.
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Nearly 100 soldiers are returning to their barracks in Warminster later.
The members of 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment have been away for six months after being deployed to Afghanistan earlier this year.
Six soldiers from the Coruna Company troop were killed when their Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle was caught in a single explosion while on patrol in March. The soldiers will march at the Battlesbury Barracks at 5:15 this evening.
A Warminster-based solider who died in a bomb attack in Afghanistan was described as a "quiet, unassuming character" by one of his commanding officers at his funeral today.
Private Daniel Wilford, 21, of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, died alongside five colleagues in March.
Major Malcolm Birkett said Private Daniel Wilford was "an outstanding guy to be around, a fantastic shot that really, really epitomised everything that is right about the infantry soldier."
Family and friends of Private Daniel Wilford will gather today for his funeral.
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The funeral of Private Daniel Wilford will take place later. The 21-year-old soldier was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan in March alongside five of his colleagues.
All of the men were based at Battlesbury Barracks in Warminster and had been serving with 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment.
Hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of a soldier killed in Afghanistan today.
20 year old Private Anthony Frampton of 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, died alongside five colleagues on March 6.
One his commanding Officers described him as "courageous, loyal and hard-working".
The funeral of Private Anthony Frampton, who was killed in Afghanistan in March, has taken place today.
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