MOURNERS honoured a “true hero” soldier yesterday, who was killed in Afghanistan after receiving one of the nation’s highest awards for gallantry.
Sergeant Michael Lockett, from 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment, died while on a patrol in the Gereshk district of Helmand Province on September 21.
The 29-year-old, from Monifieth, in Angus, was investigating and confirming the find of an improvised explosive device when it exploded, killing him. The father of three was nearing the end of his third tour of Afghanistan when he died.
More than 100 family, friends and colleagues packed the Cathcart Old Parish Church, in Glasgow, to pay their final respects.
The coffin was draped with the Union flag and a regimental cap, belt and his military medals including the Military Cross were placed on top.
He was awarded the Military Cross in 2007 for his “selfless commitment and unshakeable bravery” in fighting and leading his platoon to rescue wounded comrades trapped in a Taliban ambush.
