The Bodies Of Five British Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan Are Repatriated

WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: Mourners react as the hearses carrying the bodies of five British soldiers killed in Afghanistan are driven along the High Street on February 18, 2010 in Wotton Bassett, England. The bodies of Lance Sergeant Dave Greenhalgh, from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, Lance Corporal Darren Hicks from 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, Kingsman Sean Dawson of 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (2 LANCS), Rifleman Mark Marshall from 6th Battalion The Rifles and Sapper Guy Mellors from 36 Engineer Regiment were flown into RAF Lyneham from Afghanistan this morning. L/Cpl Hicks, 29, was killed in an explosion on February 11. L/Sgt Greenhalgh, 25, died when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device on February 13. Rifleman Marshall, 29, was killed by an improvised explosive device while on foot patrol on February 14. And on the same day, Kingsman Dawson, 19, was shot during a gunfight with insurgents but early indications suggest he was killed from suspected "friendly fire". Sapper Mellors, 20, from Coventry, was killed while he was engaged in bomb clearance, on February 15. A total of 261 British service personnel have now died since the start of operations in Afghanistan in 2001. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)