THE bodies of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan are expected to reach Oxford at 3pm this afternoon after being repatriated.

Royal British Legion members will line Headley Way, Headington, to pay tribute to Lce Cpl Tommy Brown, from the Parachute Regiment, Lce Cpl Christopher Roney, of 3rd Battalion The Rifles, and Lce Cpl Michael Pritchard, of the Royal Military Police.

The bodies are being flown to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire before being driven to the John Radcliffe Hospital for a post mortem.