Trooper Howarth's commanding officer Lt Col Martin Todd MBE, of The Queen's Royal Lancers, said: "He was the perfect reconnaissance soldier: quick-witted, physically robust and as skilled ...

A 20-year-old soldier from Dorset killed in Afghanistan at the weekend has been repatriated. Trooper Andrew Howarth, of The Queen's Royal Lancers, died alongside Sgt Andrew Jones in a bomb blast ...

THE only sound you could hear at 6.25pm in Wootton Bassett on Thursday was a woman crying. The coffin carrying Trooper Andrew Howarth from Wimborne was slowly driven through the Wiltshire town. It ...

Hundreds of people attend the funeral of a 20-year-old soldier from Dorset killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan.

HUNDREDS of people lined the streets of Wimborne yesterday to say farewell to a “perfect soldier” killed in Afghanistan.

FORMER soldiers from Wimborne and the mayor were travelling to Andrew Howarth’s repatriation ceremony today. Wimborne Royal British Legion members and mayor Terry Wheeler wanted to be in Wootton ...

A YOUNG soldier from Wimborne who was killed in Afghanistan has been remembered as a “tremendous character” with a “heart of gold”. Andrew Howarth, 20, a trooper in Fondouk Squadron, the ...

A 20-year-old soldier from Dorset killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan at the weekend is repatriated.

HUNDREDS of people lined the streets of Wimborne yesterday to say farewell to a “perfect soldier” killed in Afghanistan. The Minster bell tolled solemnly as members of Andrew Howarth’s Queen ...