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Last updated: 10 november, 2009 - 01:35 GMT

The bodies of six British soldiers, killed in Afghanistan, are due to be repatriated on Tuesday. Their coffins will pass through an English town, which has become the focus for honouring fallen soldiers. Sunita Nahar visits Wootton Bassett.

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