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Fallen soldiers to be repatriated

Date: 5/2/2010 10:47:53

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Hundreds of mourners are expected to line the street of a market town in honour of two fallen soldiers being repatriated back to the UK.

The bodies of Corporal Liam Riley and Lance Corporal Graham Shaw were arriving at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire before passing through nearby Wootton Bassett.

Residents, shopkeepers and ex-servicemen will follow tradition by lining the High Street to pay their respects in a moment's silence as the soldiers' Union-draped coffins are driven through the town.

The funeral corteges will pause for a moment by the town's war memorial before continuing the journey to the coroner at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital.

The soldiers, of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, were serving as part of the Coldstream Guards Battle Group.

They were killed by two improvised explosive device blasts near Malgir, Helmand on February 1. L/Cpl Shaw had turned 27 the day before.

Prince Harry has paid tribute to Cpl Riley, 21, who he served with at a military training unit in Canada in 2007.

The Prince 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."

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Life-long Sheffield Wednesday fan, Cpl Riley had volunteered at short notice to serve in Afghanistan and died while trying to "extract" a member of his team. He had only been out in Afghanistan since December.

L/Cpl Shaw, from Huddersfield, was team leader of a base security foot patrol when an improvised explosive device detonated, killing him instantly.

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