Wootton Bassett stories:
100th day of tears: Wootton Bassett welcomes home soldiers who fell in Afghanistan
Nov 20th, 2009 - Mail Online
On the road they call the Highway of Heroes, this was a milestone nobody wanted to pass.
They had been here so many times before. Seen so many tears, witnessed so much public grief.Town marking 100th repatriation
Nov 20th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Cpl Loren Marlton-Thomas was praised for his courage
The bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan have passed through the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett marking the 100th repatriation.Wootton Bassett prepares for 100th repatriation of British soldiers
Nov 20th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
The scene has become all too familiar but no less emotional. Just before 11am today a C17 Globemaster will fly low over the town of Wootton Bassett. It will touch down...TEARS FOR 2 HEROES
Nov 17th, 2009 - Mirror.co.uk
A friend of soldier Philip Allen breaks down as his coffin passes by on the road now known as the Highway for Heroes. Hundreds turned out to honour Philip, 20, and Sam Bassett...
Anger over Afghan war as 6 UK war dead mourned
Nov 10th, 2009 - AOL News
WOOTTON BASSETT, England -Grieving over the death of her son in Afghanistan, the woman tore into British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. "Mr. Brown, listen to me," she said...
Wootton Bassett videos from YouTube:
9:11Repatriation-Wootton Bassett-10th Nov 2009
Repatriation of Nicholas Webster-Smith, Darren Chant, Philip Scott, James Major, Matthew Telford and Steven Boote at Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, on 10th Nov 2009. My Home Movie with NON COPYRIGHT Classical music. Nimrod by Elgar and Pavane by Faure.
3:26Hundreds pay respects to dead soldiers in Wootton Bassett
People have lined the streets to remember the latest soldiers to die in Afghanistan. Their coffins have passed through the Wiltshire town.. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com
10:01Cortege through Wootton Bassett - 8 dead in 24 hours
Cortege through Wootton Bassett - 8 dead in 24 hours. RIPs. BBC News LIVE Feed 14/07/09 . news.bbc.co.uk
3:50British troops killed in Afghanistan returned home
The eight British soldiers killed in Afghanistan within 24 hours have been repatriated and their funeral cortege paraded through Wootton Bassett.. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com ... afghanistan war troops repatriation wootton bassett
Wootton Bassett from WikiPedia:
Coordinates: 51°32?00?N 1°54?00?W? / ?51.5333°N 1.9000°W? / 51.5333; -1.9000
Wootton Bassett is a small market town and civil parish located 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Swindon in northern Wiltshire, England. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001 its population was 11,043, indicating that the town has tripled in population total over the last 50 years.
The year 681AD is usually taken as the starting point for recorded history of Wootton Bassett, then known as Wodeton, it being referred to in that year in a Malmesbury Abbey charter granting land to the Abbot. It is a very ancient town which lies 9.5 km / 6 miles southwest of Swindon and 17.5 km / 11 miles to the northwest of Marlborough.
Archaeological discoveries in the area tend to confirm the tradition that the original "Wodeton" (Settlement in the wood - i.e.
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