Family in tears as body of soldier is repatriated to UK
Highlander Scott McLaren's relatives comforted each other as the 20-year-old's coffin was driven through Wootton Bassett yesterday.
His parents, James and Ann, sister Kirsty and brothers James and Ross, joined other relatives in the Wiltshire town to pay tribute to their loved one.
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Hide AdAs has become tradition, local people and Royal British Legion members joined his family and friends to line the high street in tribute.
The soldier, of the 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, was found dead with gunshot wounds after vanishing from a Nato checkpoint in central Helmand province on July 4.
The exact circumstances of his death remain unclear.