A cross for Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate is seen during the opening of the Royal British Legion Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance, in the grounds of Lydiard Park, Swindon. Britain's Prince Harry planted a cross dedicated to his friend Woodgate, who was in the Household Cavalry Regiment with Prince Harry, and was killed on foot patrol in Afghanistan earlier in the year. Photo: Reuters
A cross for Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate is seen during the opening of the Royal British Legion Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance, in the grounds of Lydiard Park, Swindon. Britain's Prince Harry planted a cross dedicated to his friend Woodgate, who was in the Household Cavalry Regiment with Prince Harry, and was killed on foot patrol in Afghanistan earlier in the year. Photo: Reuters
Lance Corporal Ram Patten helps his daughter plant a cross during the opening of the Royal British Legion Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance in the grounds of Lydiard Park, Swindon. Britain's Prince Harry planted a cross dedicated to his friend Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate who was in the Household Cavalry Regiment with Prince Harry, and was killed on foot patrol in Afghanistan earlier in the year. Photo: Reuters
Britain's Prince Harry reacts during the opening of the Royal British Legion Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance as the air horn he is holding to start a leg of the Royal British Legion's March for Honour malfunctions, in the grounds of Lydiard Park, Swindon. The Prince planted a cross dedicated to his friend Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate who was in the Household Cavalry Regiment with Prince Harry, and was killed on foot patrol in Afghanistan earlier in the year. Photo: Reuters
Melanie Patten, daughter of Lance Corporal Ram Patten, holds a cross during the opening of the Royal British Legion Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance in the grounds of Lydiard Park, Swindon. Britain's Prince Harry planted a cross dedicated to his friend Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate who was in the Household Cavalry Regiment with Prince Harry, and was killed on foot patrol in Afghanistan earlier in the year. Photo: Reuters
Soldiers march past crosses during the opening of the Royal British Legion Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance in the grounds of Lydiard Park Swindon. Britain's Prince Harry planted a cross dedicated to his friend Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate who was in the Household Cavalry Regiment with Prince Harry, and was killed on foot patrol in Afghanistan earlier in the year. Photo: Reuters
Britain's Prince Harry meets Lance Corporal Ram Patten and his daughter during the opening of the Royal British Legion Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance in the grounds of Lydiard Park, Swindon. The Prince planted a cross dedicated to his friend Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate who was in the Household Cavalry Regiment with Prince Harry, and was killed on foot patrol in Afghanistan earlier in the year. Photo: Reuters
A cross for Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate is seen during the opening of the Royal British Legion Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance in the grounds of Lydiard Park, Swindon. Britain's Prince Harry planted a cross dedicated to his friend Woodgate who was in the Household Cavalry Regiment with Prince Harry, and was killed on foot patrol in Afghanistan earlier in the year. Photo: Reuters
Britain's Prince Harry plants a cross for Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate during the opening of the Royal British Legion Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance in the grounds of Lydiard Park, Swindon. The Prince planted a cross dedicated to his friend Woodgate, who was in the Household Cavalry Regiment with Prince Harry, and was killed on foot patrol in Afghanistan earlier in the year. Photo: Reuters
Britain's Prince Harry laughs as an air horn given to him to start a military charity march malfunctions during the opening of the Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance, at Wootton Bassett, England. The Prince, who has served in Afghanistan, planted a cross dedicated to his friend Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate, who was in the Household Cavalry Regiment with Prince Harry, and who was killed on foot patrol in Afghanistan earlier this year. Photo: AP
Published Nov 9, 2010
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Britain's Prince Harry on Tuesday dedicated a memorial to honour the 342 British soldiers who have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001. The Field of Remembrance contains crosses decorated with poppies and personal messages from the public and planted in rows in the town of Wootton Bassett, 135 kilometers west of London. Prince Harry, who served in Afghanistan, planted a remembrance cross in the field, observed a two-minute silence ceremony and met with service personnel.
For more than two years, people have stopped in Wootton Bassett to pay their respects to dead soldiers repatriated to RAF Lyneham, the nearby home of British military air transport operations.
