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| A soldier was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan as he tried to recover the body of a fallen colleague, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. | A soldier was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan as he tried to recover the body of a fallen colleague, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. |
| Cpl Liam Riley, 21, was among a team who were trying to reach the body of L/Cpl Graham Shaw when Cpl Riley was killed by an explosive device. | |
| L/Cpl Shaw, 27, had been killed by a similar device. | L/Cpl Shaw, 27, had been killed by a similar device. |
| The bodies of Cpl Riley, of Derbyshire, and L/Cpl Shaw, of West Yorkshire, were flown back to the UK earlier. | |
| The soldiers, of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, were serving as part of the Coldstream Guards Battle Group in Helmand Province when they died on 1 February. | The soldiers, of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, were serving as part of the Coldstream Guards Battle Group in Helmand Province when they died on 1 February. |
| Their bodies arrived at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire on Friday morning before passing through nearby Wootton Bassett. | |
| He [Cpl Riley] was a legend - a really special man who got us all going and heading in the right direction Prince Harry | |
| Residents, shopkeepers, ex-servicemen and women followed recent tradition by lining the high street to pay their respects in a moment's silence as the soldiers' Union flag-draped coffins were driven through the town. | |
| The funeral cortege paused by the town's war memorial before travelling to the coroner at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. | |
| Cpl Riley's aunt Angela Stephens travelled to Wootton Bassett with other family members, including his mother Cheryl Routledge. | |
| Cpl Riley's mother Cheryl Routledge travelled to Wootton Bassett | |
| She said: "He was a wonderful lad, very honest, trustworthy and would do anything for anybody. | |
| "From being a child, he always had a sword and a gun. His ambition was to be a soldier when he grew up and he has fulfilled that ambition." | |
| Cpl Riley was from Killamarsh in Derbyshire and L/Cpl Shaw was from Golcar in Huddersfield. | Cpl Riley was from Killamarsh in Derbyshire and L/Cpl Shaw was from Golcar in Huddersfield. |
| Their deaths happened one day after L/Cpl Shaw's 27th birthday. | Their deaths happened one day after L/Cpl Shaw's 27th birthday. |
| Prince Harry described Cpl Riley, who he served with in 2007, as a "legend". | Prince Harry described Cpl Riley, who he served with in 2007, as a "legend". |
| "I remember Liam Riley so well from the time we spent serving together at the British Army Training Unit at Suffield in Canada," he said. | "I remember Liam Riley so well from the time we spent serving together at the British Army Training Unit at Suffield in Canada," he said. |
| "He was a legend. A really special man who got us all going and heading in the right direction. It was a privilege to have worked alongside him." | "He was a legend. A really special man who got us all going and heading in the right direction. It was a privilege to have worked alongside him." |