Former paratroopers and Royal British Legion members plan to meet a cortege carrying the bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan at the Headley Way roundabout, outside Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, at 2.15pm tomorrow.

Marine Darren Smith, 27, of 45 Commando Royal Marines, was killed in Helmand province on Valentine’s Day.

Lance Corporal Stephen Kingscott, 22, of the 1st Battalion, The Rifles, was killed in Helmand province on Monday.