THE funeral takes place today of Private Tom Sephton – the 20-year-old soldier from Great Sankey who died as a result of injuries received while serving in Afghanistan.
Hundreds of mourners are expected at the service at St Elphin’s Parish Church, Warrington at 12.30pm.
The funeral cortege will make its way to the church from Great Sankey and traffic restrictions will operate along the route.
Mourners are asked to be seated in church by 12.10pm
Private Sephton died in hospital at Birmingham, where he was flown after being injured in an explosion while on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.
His patrol was providing protection for the clearance of a road in the Upper Gereshk Valley.
He was the second soldier from Great Sankey to die in Afghanistan and the third from Warrington. He died just four days after the funeral of former school friend Marine Steven Birdsall, who also died in hospital in Birmingham after being flown to the UK for treatment.
Last August, Fusilier Simon Annis, a former pupil of Culcheth High School, died after an explosion.
Pte Sephton enlisted into the Army in July 2008 and joined the 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire)in January 2009 following the Combat Infantryman’s Course in Catterick. He joined Mortar Platoon and served in the United Kingdom, The Falkland Islands and Kenya, and on operations in Afghanistan.
After the church service, the cortege will move on to Walton Crematorium where the final committal will take place.
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