Bodies of four fallen soldiers return to UK

The bodies of four British soldiers killed by bombs in southern Afghanistan have been returned to the UK.

L/Cpl Peter Eustace, of the 2nd Battalion The Rifles, died on patrol in Helmand Province on November 16.

Lt David Boyce and L/Cpl Richard Scanlon, both of the 1st The Queen's Dragoons Guards, were killed the next day.

Private Thomas Lake, of 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment was killed on November 20th.

Their bodies were repatriated at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

The BBC's Robert Hall has details of some of the tributes paid by those who knew the men.

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