RAF fly-past in memory of soldier

L/Cpl Davey was described as a "selfless commander"

The body of a soldier from Suffolk has been returned to the UK, with the RAF carrying out a fly-past in his memory.

Lance Corporal George Davey, 23, from Beccles, of the 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment, died after he accidentally shot himself.

The accident happened at the British base at Sangin in Helmand Province of Afghanistan on 20 May.

On Friday afternoon a fly-past at RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire, was followed by a private ceremony to mark his life.

The Ministry of Defence said L/Cpl Davey, a father of two daughters who was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, had been a "loyal, kind-hearted and selfless commander".

The MoD said the circumstances of the accident were the subject of a Royal Military Police investigation.

His death is the 55th among British forces in Afghanistan since the start of operations in November 2001.