The Repatriation of
Captain Daniel Read (11 EOD Royal Logistics Corps)
Corporal Lee Brownson (3 Rifles)
Rifleman Luke Farmer (3 Rifles)
took place on Tuesday 19 January 2010

From operations in Afghanistan, the repatriation of:

Captain Daniel READ, 11 (EOD) Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps

Captain Daniel Read from 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, part of the Counter-IED Task Force, was killed as a result of an explosion which happened in the Musa Qaleh area of northern Helmand province on 11 January 2010.

Corporal Lee BROWNSON, 3rd Battalion, The Rifles

Rifleman Luke FARMER, 3rd Battalion, The Rifles

Corporal Lee Brownson and Rifleman Luke Farmer from 3rd Battalion, the Rifles were killed in Afghanistan on 15 January 2010 as a result of an IED explosion while on patrol near Sangin, in Helmand Province.

Service veterans and members of the public turned out at the following ‘stations of vigil’ to pay their respects as the cortege made its way from RAF Lyneham to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

Cheers and farewell, Kev Barnes

(Kev and Pat Barnes are off to live in Cyprus in February)