Tue, Jul 14th, 2009
WOOTTON Bassett has become synonymous with honouring Britain's returning dead since RAF Lyneham, three miles from the Wiltshire town, took over repatriation duties from RAF Brize Norton in 2007.
Wootton Bassett is three miles north-east of the air base, on the route to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, where the bodies of service personnel are taken in preparation for inquests.
No-one ever told the people of Wootton Bassett to gather for the corteges that pass along its streets. It is something that has simply sprung up out of the respect.
Related stories from top sites:
Rising British Casualties in Afghanistan Sparks Growing Debate
Jul 10th, 2009 - VOA News
Britain has suffered a sharp rise in casualties in Afghanistan with 15 servicemen killed since the beginning of the month, eight of them in one day of bloody fighting last Friday...
Town Is Witness to UK's Rising War Grief
Jul 10th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
WOOTTON BASSETT, England -- With its cricket field, pubs and a centuries-old church, this is a typical southern English town in all respects but one: Every corpse that returns from Britain's wars abroad passes through it in a public show of respect.
Thousands line streets to welcome troops home from Afghanistan
Jul 10th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
Fifty miles or so south of Wootton Bassett, families, friends, veterans and well-wishers in their thousands today lined the streets of Southampton city centre to welcome back troops from Afghanistan.
Eight soldiers' bodies flown home
Jul 10th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Tributes left at the Yorkshire home of Rifleman James Backhouse The bodies of eight British soldiers killed in Afghanistan in a single 24-hour period will be flown back to Britain later.
Bodies of soldiers in Afghanistan returned to Britain
Jul 10th, 2009 - Telegraph
Four of the men were taking part in Operation Panchai Palang, or Panther's Claw, a major assault against the Taliban in Helmand Province ahead of the Afghan elections. The C17 aircraft carrying their coffins arrived at RAF Lyneham...
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- Wootton Bassett Standing...A Recent CNN Production which documents the small market town of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, England and the unique way in which they pay their respects to the those soldiers passing through the town ...
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