Wootton Bassett prepares for 100th repatriation of British soldiers

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Friday, 20 November 2009 (on November 20, 2009)

Only a handful of mourners watched the first coffins pass through the Wiltshire town. Now hundreds are turning outThe scene has become all too familiar but no less emotional. Just before 11am today a..

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