The repatriation of two servicemen killed in Afghanistan is due to take place tomorrow.
The plane carrying Corporal Michael Thacker and Private Gregg Stone will land at RAF Brize Norton at about 1.30pm on Thursday, June 7.
The cortege will pass the memorial garden on the edge of Carterton at about 4.15pm and arrive at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford at about 5pm.
Cpl Thacker, 27, from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh, was killed by small arms fire on Friday and Pte Stone, 20, from 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, was shot and killed on Sunday.
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