Hundreds pay respects to Corporal O'Neill.

Evening Courier (Halifax, England) | April 23, 2007 | Copyright

AROUND 700 mourners gathered for the funeral of fallen soldier Corporal Kris O'Neill.

Cpl O'Neill, 27, originally from Sowerby, was one of four soldiers killed when the Warrior armoured personnel carrier was hit by a roadside bomb in Basra earlier this month.

The streets outside St Peter's Church, Sowerby, where the service took place yesterday, were also lined with people.

Cpl O'Neill's coffin arrived at the church draped in a Union flag, with his Army cap and belt, a wreath of coloured flowers and white roses on top. He was a combat medical technician with the 34 ...

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