Body of Birkenhead soldier killed in Afghanistan returns to the UK with five others

Nov 10 2009 By Michelle Fiddler

Steven Boote

THE BODIES of six soldiers killed in Afghanistan, including a Birkenhead man, have returned to the UK today.

Steven Boote, 22, was one of the soldiers shot by a ‘rogue’ Afghan Police officer in Nad-e-Ali in Helmand Province on November 3.

Cpl Boote was a soldier in the TA who had volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan.

He had worked as a security team leader at Tesco and was hoping to join the Police on his return.

A private repatriation ceremony is to take place for the victims’ families and will be followed by a precession of hearses carrying the coffins will drive through the High Street of Wootton Bassett near Wiltshire.