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Hundreds honour dead UK soldiers

Published: 06 Jul 2009 - 14:54:10

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Hundreds of people have held a one-minute silence in a Wiltshire market town to pay their respects to two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan.The bodies of Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, 39, from Oxfordshire, and Trooper Joshua Hammond, 18, from Devon, were flown to nearby RAF Lyneham earlier. A private memorial was held before the coffins passed through Wootton Bassett. Meanwhile, two soldiers killed in Afghanistan on Saturday were named as Pte Robert Laws and L/Cpl David Dennis. Shortly aft.... read more