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Dead Royal Marines brought home | Dead Royal Marines brought home |
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The bodies of two Royal Marines killed while on patrol in Afghanistan five days ago have been flown home. | The bodies of two Royal Marines killed while on patrol in Afghanistan five days ago have been flown home. |
The repatriation ceremony was held at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire for Lt John Thornton, 22, and Marine Dave Marsh, 23, from Somerset-based 40 Commando. | |
The pair were killed when their vehicle was caught in an explosion in Helmand Province, near Kajaki. | The pair were killed when their vehicle was caught in an explosion in Helmand Province, near Kajaki. |
They had been on a six-month tour, with two weeks to go before they were due to return home. | They had been on a six-month tour, with two weeks to go before they were due to return home. |
Minute's silence | |
Both were given medical treatment at Camp Bastion but died as a result of their wounds. | Both were given medical treatment at Camp Bastion but died as a result of their wounds. |
The flight was met by close family and friends of the two men. A short military ceremony was then held in the men's honour. | |
A procession made its way through the nearby town of Wootton Bassett on Friday lunchtime, with a minute's silence observed as the hearses passed by. | |
The pair died when their vehicle was caught in an explosion | The pair died when their vehicle was caught in an explosion |
A service of thanksgiving and remembrance for the pair was held on Thursday night at All Saints Church in the village of Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton, a few miles from the Marines' former base at Norton Camp. | |
Marine Marsh, known as Dave, was from Sheffield, but had recently moved to Taunton with his wife, Claire, and young daughter, Molly. | |
Lt Thornton, known as "JT" from Ferndown, Dorset, had previously served in Iraq, having joined up in August 2004. | |
Earlier this week Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Defence Secretary Des Browne paid their respects to the men. | |
Their deaths bring the number of UK service personnel killed in Afghanistan to 91, all but five of them in the past two years. |