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Tuesday 8 March 2011

Funeral in Peterborough Cathedral for dead soldier

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Funeral in Peterborough Cathedral for dead soldier: "The funeral of a soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan will take place at Peterborough Cathedral later.

Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) Beckett, from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, was killed by a bomb on 5 February.

The 36-year-old died when an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up as he was moving into position to cover his comrades.

A special gun salute will take place in the Cathedral precincts.

Sgt Maj Beckett joined the Army in 1990 and was known as 'Tom'. He had served in Iraq, Kosovo and Northern Ireland.

Originally from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, he had been expecting his first child with his wife Rachel."

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