The families of two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan, including one from North Yorkshire, came together to see their loved ones repatriated to the UK.

The bodies of Craftsman Andrew Found, from Whitby, who was in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and Private Gareth Bellingham, from 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment, were flown to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire before the cortege passed through nearby Wootton Bassett yesterday.

Craftsman Found, 27, died in an explosion in the Gereshk Valley area on June 16.

He had been trying to rescue a vehicle which had been hit by another blast. In a tribute released shortly after his death, his wife Samantha said he was “the best husband anyone could have wished for”.

She was supported by family and helped to place a red rose on top of the hearse. The couple had a son, Jaxson, and Craftsman Found had another son, Michael, from a previous relationship.