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Hundreds due to honour fallen men Soldiers' bodies returned to UK
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The bodies of two UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province last week are to be repatriated later. The bodies of two UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province have been brought back to the UK.
Pte Gavin Elliott, 19, from Woodsetts, South Yorks, of The 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment, was shot in Babaji.Pte Gavin Elliott, 19, from Woodsetts, South Yorks, of The 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment, was shot in Babaji.
L/Cpl Richard Brandon, 24, of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, from Kidderminster, Worcs, died when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.L/Cpl Richard Brandon, 24, of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, from Kidderminster, Worcs, died when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.
They will be flown to RAF Lyneham, in Wiltshire, before their coffins pass through nearby Wootton Bassett. They were flown to RAF Lyneham, in Wiltshire, before making the journey through nearby Wootton Bassett.
As has become custom, hundreds of British Legion veterans, shopkeepers and residents are expected to line the streets to pay their respects as the fallen men's cortege pauses at the War Memorial. The town has become a focal point for people to pay their respects to British casualties of the fighting in Afghanistan.
It will then head to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, where post-mortem examinations will be carried out. The soldiers' bodies passed through the Wiltshire market town en-route to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, where post-mortem examinations will be carried out.
Comrades said L/Cpl Brandon, a mechanic who was killed in the south of Gereshk in Helmand Province on September 2, "worked relentlessly to keep the troop's vehicles fully operational and battle worthy". L/Cpl Brandon was the driver of a Samson repair and recovery vehicle within the A Squadron Fitter Section of The Light Dragoons.
Pte Elliott, described by his family as "a hero and the best son and soldier we could have ever wished for", died a day later. 'Relentless work'
Comrades said the mechanic "worked relentlessly to keep the troop's vehicles fully operational and battle worthy".
He was killed in the south of Gereshk in Helmand Province on 2 September, leaving parents, Anna and Geoff, fiancee Emma-Jayne Webster, daughter Kaitlin and step-sons Liam and Martyn.
Pte Elliott, whose parents Jayne and James described him as "a hero and the best son and soldier we could have ever wished for", died a day later.
He had a younger brother, Joshua, and elder sister, Rebecca, and had been operating with The Light Dragoons Battle Group when he was killed.
His platoon commander Capt Johnny Paulin described him as: "Without exception, the most professional private soldier that I have had the privilege to command in my six years of army service."
A total of 213 UK service personnel have died in Afghanistan since the conflict began in 2001.