Soldier repatriated to UK 17.01.13
15The body of a British soldier shot dead by a member of the Afghan National Army has been repatriated to the UK today.
Sapper Richard Walker - a member of 28 Engineer Regiment attached to 21 Engineer Regiment - was killed in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province on January 7.
The Union flag draped coffin was flown into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
A private ceremony for his family was held on the air base before the cortege left on its way to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
The cortege was escorted at walking pace past the memorial garden in Carterton, where the union flag was hung at half-mast and members of the public are expected to gather.
Leeds-born Sapper Walker, 23, has left behind a young daughter, Lilly-Faith, who he had only known for 18 months before he was deployed for his first tour of Afghanistan in September.
For more information visit www.bfbs.com/news/england/soldier-repatriated-uk-62553.html