OXFORD: The repatriation of Captain Stephen James Healey, a soldier with the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh, is due to take place on Thursday.
The 29-year-old from Cardiff was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday.
The plane carrying his body will land at 1.30pm at RAF Brize Norton. The cortege will pass the memorial garden on the edge of Carterton at about 4pm and is expected to reach Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital at about 5pm.
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