Swindon Pays Tribute 

Bomb disposal expert becomes latest repatriation

 

The coffin containing the body of Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid of the Royal Logistic Corps passed through Swindon today.

 

Saluted: the body of Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid of the Royal Logistic Corps passes those paying their respects outside the Gablecross Police Station

 

The 30-year-old, an experienced bomb disposal expert, was killed when attempting to defuse a device in Helmand Province, Afganistan, last weekend.

 

In his previous five months on duty, the soldier had successfully made safe 64 IEDs (improvised explosive devices) and found 11 bomb-making centres.