OXON: A date has not yet been set for the repatriation of two Gurkhas who were killed in Afghanistan.
Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter, 29, and Lance Corporal Siddhanta Kunwar, 28, both from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, were killed on Tuesday.
They were shot and killed by a man wearing an Afghan Police uniform after participating in a meeting with the Afghan Police.
For information about when they will be repatriated to RAF Brize Norton, before being taken to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, visit oxfordmail.co.uk
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