Repatration Of The Three Scots Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan

BRIZE NORTON, ENGLAND - MAY 09: The flag is flown at half mast in anticipation of the arrival of an RAF C-17 transport plane carrying the bodies of three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan at RAF Brize Norton on May 9, 2013 in Brize Norton, England. Corporal William Thomas, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment Of Scotland, Fusilier Samuel Flint, Fusilier Samuel Flint, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment Of Scotland and Private Robert Murray Hetherington, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland were killed during a patrol when their Mastiff armoured vehicle was hit by an IED buried in a road in Helmand. (Photo by Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images)