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Page last updated at 12:05 GMT, Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Fallen UK servicemen repatriated

The bodies of six UK soldiers - five of whom were shot by a "rogue" Afghan policeman - have been repatriated.

Guardsman Jimmy Major, Warrant Officer Darren Chant, Sgt Matthew Telford, Cpl Steven Boote and Cpl Nicholas Webster-Smith died in last Tuesday's incident.

The bodies of the five have arrived at RAF Lyneham, Wilts, along with that of Sjt Phillip Scott, who died in a blast on Thursday.

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Wootton Bassett in Wilts to pay their respects, as has become customary when fallen service personnel return.

READ MORE: Soldiers' bodies are repatriated

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