Repatriation of two Bicester soldiers will be on Thursday (From Bicester Advertiser)
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Repatriation of two Bicester soldiers will be on Thursday
11:53am Tuesday 8th May 2012 in News
By Tom Jennings, covering Witney and West Oxfordshire. Call me on 01865 425403
The repatriation of two Bicester-based servicemen killed in a mortar attack in Afghanistan will take place on Thursday.
Corporal Andrew Roberts and Private Ratu Silibaravi, both of 23 Pioneer Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps, were killed in Helmand province on Friday.
The plane carrying their bodies will land at RAF Brize Norton at 1.30pm and the cortege will pass the memorial garden on the edge of Carterton at about 3.30pm.
It will arrive at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford at about 4.30pm.
