CROWD'S TEARS FOR FOUR HEROES.WEEPING mourners line the streets as the bodies of four more soldiers killed in Afghanistan were flown back to Britain yesterday. Hundreds paid their respects as cars passed carrying L/Cpl James Fullarton Born in Glasgow, James Fullarton studied at the Glasgow School of Art under David Donaldson. Since gaining his diploma in Painting and Drawing in 1969 he has been painting full-time, living and working in Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. , 24, Fusilier Simon Annis, 22, Fusilier Louis Carter, 18, and Sgt Simon Valentine, 29. All were in the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division. The regiment was formed on April 23, 1968, as part of the reforms of the army that saw the creation of the first 'large infantry regiments', by the amalgamation of the and died in explosions last weekend. The coffins were flown in to RAF Lyneham RAF Lyneham (IATA: LYE, ICAO: EGDL) is a Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England. It is the home of all the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force. The station is also home to No.38 Expeditionary Air Wing. in Wiltshire before the cortege passed an emotional crowd in nearby Wootton Basset. Sgt Valentine, a married father of two young daughters from Bedworth, Warks, was the 201st soldier to be killed in the conflict. Newlywed Fusilier Annis, from Salford, Gtr Manchester, and Fusilier Carter, from Nuneaton, Warks, were killed trying to rescue their injured commander L/Cpl Fullarton, from Coventry. He was planning to get married next year to girlfriend Leanne. CAPTION(S): KILLED Cpl Fullarton KILLED Fusilier Annis KILLED Fusilier Carter KILLED Sgt Valentine EMOTIONAL The soldiers' cortege |
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