article_snippet: a colleague who had also stepped on an IED during a patrol near Gereshk funeral in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, was attended by 500 mourners with some 1,000 more gathering in the street outside.
article_snippet: Liam's funeral (pictured) in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, was attended by 500 mourners with some 1,000 more gathering in the street outside .
article_snippet: In all there were close to a thousand family members and servicemen present at the reception, held by the City of London, at which the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent were also present along with Prime Minister David Cameron.
article_snippet: The family of Royal Marine Steven Birdsall, who died at the age of just 20 after being shot by a sniper as Prime Minister David Cameron worked in a military compound in Sangin, were also introduced to Charles.
article_snippet: Marine Birsdall, of 40 Commando, was seriously injured in June 2010 and immediately flown back to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham but died the following day from Prime Minister David Cameron wounds.
article_snippet: The death of the ‘brave and selfless’ soldier from Warrington, left Prime Minister David Cameron family in deep shock.
article_snippet: Prime Minister David Cameron mother, Jenny, described today’s event as a ‘very fitting memorial’.
article_snippet: In a short speech before the reception, The Lord Mayor of London, Alan Yarrow, said it was impossible for anyone to imagine what the families of those who lost loved ones in Afghanistan had lived through in order to get to this day.