Swindon stands still 

Walkway tribute for repatriated soldiers

 

Pensioners, young people - a man out walking his dog. They all stood still in Swindon today to pay tribute to the eight soldiers killed in Afganistan last week. 

 

A small but significant crowd gathered on the Gablecross walkway in Stratton St. Margaret to watch the funeral courtege pass by carrying the eight coffins on their journey from RAF Lyneham to the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford.

 

Heroes passing by:  onlookers on the Gablecross walkway in Stratton St Margaret stand silent as the funeral courtege containing the bodies of eight soldiers negotiates the White Hart roundabout and heads for the A420

 

"It's our way of saying thank you for their sacrifice," one onlooker told SwindonWebTV, as they stood on the walkway that links Sainsburys and the White Hart pub on the Oxford Road.

 

"I've never stood here before but I felt it was important to be here today. One death is bad enough but eight. That's awful.

 

"I think it's a very significant day."

 

Gablecross Walkway Gallery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funeral Courtege at M4, Junction 16

 

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