Thousands of people lined the streets of a Wootton Bassett, in Wiltshire, to pay their respects to eight British soldiers killed during the Army's bloodiest 24 hours in Afghanistan.
Among the servicemen repatriated were five soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Rifles who died near Sangin in Helmand province on Friday in two "daisy-chain" explosions.
Corporal Jonathan Horne, 28, and Riflemen William Aldridge, James Backhouse and Joseph Murphy, all 18, were rescuing comrades from an earlier blast when a second device detonated.
Rifleman Murphy was carrying Rifleman Daniel Simpson, 20 - who was injured by the first makeshift bomb - when both were killed in the following explosion.
Corporal Lee Scott, 26, of 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, died in an explosion on the same day, just north of Nad-e-Ali, during Operation Panther's Claw.
Private John Brackpool, 27, of Prince of Wales' Company, of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, was shot at Char-e-Anjir near Lashkar Gah, while on sentry duty. Rifleman Daniel Hume, 22, of 4th Battalion The Rifles was killed in an explosion while on a foot patrol, again near Nad-e-Ali.
To honour their return The Northern Echo has opened a Book of Remembrance. Leave your tributes below.
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