OXFORD: The bodies of three British servicemen killed in Afghanistan will arrive in Oxford on Thursday.

A repatriation ceremony will be held at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, before a cortege is taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Headington.

Members of the public and the Royal British Legion will salute the cortege at 2.45pm in Headley Way.

The servicemen are Sgt Paul Fox, 34, of 28 Engineer Regiment, killed on February 26, Rifleman Martin Kinggett, 19, of 4th Battalion The Rifles, killed on February 25 and SAC Luke Southgate, 20, who died on February 24.

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