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| Two British soldiers killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan have been named as Corporal Liam Riley and Lance Corporal Graham Shaw. | Two British soldiers killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan have been named as Corporal Liam Riley and Lance Corporal Graham Shaw. |
| The pair, from the 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, serving as part of the 1 Coldstream Guards Battle Group, were killed in Helmand on Monday. | The pair, from the 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, serving as part of the 1 Coldstream Guards Battle Group, were killed in Helmand on Monday. |
| Prince Harry, who served with Cpl Riley at a military training unit in Canada in 2007, said he was a "legend". | Prince Harry, who served with Cpl Riley at a military training unit in Canada in 2007, said he was a "legend". |
| Cpl Riley was 21 years old, while L/Cpl Shaw turned 27 on Sunday. | Cpl Riley was 21 years old, while L/Cpl Shaw turned 27 on Sunday. |
| Prince Harry, who spent 10 weeks on the frontline in Afghanistan before being flown home in February 2008, said it had been a "privilege" to work alongside Cpl Riley at the training unit in Canada. | Prince Harry, who spent 10 weeks on the frontline in Afghanistan before being flown home in February 2008, said it had been a "privilege" to work alongside Cpl Riley at the training unit in Canada. |
| "He was a legend. A really special man who got us all going and heading in the right direction," he said. | "He was a legend. A really special man who got us all going and heading in the right direction," he said. |
| "It is incredibly sad also to hear that Liam died alongside his friend, Lance Corporal Graham Shaw. | "It is incredibly sad also to hear that Liam died alongside his friend, Lance Corporal Graham Shaw. |
| "My heart goes out to their loved ones, and to their many, many friends in their regiment and the wider Army." | "My heart goes out to their loved ones, and to their many, many friends in their regiment and the wider Army." |
| 'Like his father' | |
| Cpl Riley, from Sheffield, and L/Cpl Shaw, from Huddersfield, were on foot patrol when two bombs exploded. | |
| Their deaths brought the number of British military deaths since the Afghan campaign started in 2001 to 253 - just two short of the number who died during the Falklands War in 1982. | |
| Cpl Riley's family said he had taken to Army life "like a duck to water". | |
| In a statement, his relatives said: "Liam was a wonderful son who always wanted to join the Army from being very young. He loved Army-style stories as a little boy. | |
| "He was very conscientious with his Army work and didn't want to disappoint anyone." | |
| L/Cpl Shaw's family said he was "proud to be a member of the British Army like his father before him". | |
| "Graham enjoyed life to the full, running everywhere. He ran to visit relatives in Calderdale and often ran on the moors near his home," they said. | |
| "He was very active and took part in many different sports from sky diving last summer to skiing with the Army in Canada and even surfing on the South coast - he was up for anything." |