Five of the soldiers due to be repatriated were killed when an Afghan police officer they were training opened fire at a military checkpoint, while the sixth was killed in an explosion in Helmand province.
Warrant Officer Class 1 (Regimental Sergeant Major) Darren Chant, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; Sergeant Matthew Telford, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; Guardsman James Major, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; Corporal Steven Boote, Royal Military police; and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, Royal Military police, were all killed on November 3rd.
All five were killed when a policeman they were training in Afghanistan opened fire apparently at random, although it has since emerged he may have been a member of the Taliban.
WO1 Chant's wife Nausheen said she was 'devastated' by the loss of her husband. 'Our unborn son will never meet his father, but he will know him through his legacy,' she said.
Sgt Telford's family said: 'Matt was a larger than life character – a gentle giant of a man. He will be sadly missed by his wife Kerry and sons Harry and Callum, his extensive family and friends and his colleagues.'
Cpl Webster-Smith's partner Emma Robinson said she had lost her 'soulmate', while Acting Cpl Boote, known as Booty, was remembered by his family as a 'wonderful, genuine young man'.
Guardsman Major, known as Jimmy, was just 19. His parents said in a statement: 'Jimmy was a tremendous son. He was proud to be a soldier and died doing a job he loved.'
The five will be repatriated along at RAF Lyneham along with Serjeant Phillip Scott, 3rd Battalion The Rifles, who was killed last Thursday.
Sjt Scott leaves behind his wife, Ellen, and two children; Ellie, aged three, and Michael, aged one. Paying tribute to him, his wife said: 'My husband was a very brave man, loved by all his family and a very dear husband and father.'
Repatriation will begin at 11:00 GMT, followed by a private ceremony approximately an hour later. The procession will then continue through Wootton Bassett.
Warrant Officer Class 1 (Regimental Sergeant Major) Darren Chant, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; Sergeant Matthew Telford, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; Guardsman James Major, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; Corporal Steven Boote, Royal Military police; and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, Royal Military police, were all killed on November 3rd.
All five were killed when a policeman they were training in Afghanistan opened fire apparently at random, although it has since emerged he may have been a member of the Taliban.
WO1 Chant's wife Nausheen said she was 'devastated' by the loss of her husband. 'Our unborn son will never meet his father, but he will know him through his legacy,' she said.
Sgt Telford's family said: 'Matt was a larger than life character – a gentle giant of a man. He will be sadly missed by his wife Kerry and sons Harry and Callum, his extensive family and friends and his colleagues.'
Cpl Webster-Smith's partner Emma Robinson said she had lost her 'soulmate', while Acting Cpl Boote, known as Booty, was remembered by his family as a 'wonderful, genuine young man'.
Guardsman Major, known as Jimmy, was just 19. His parents said in a statement: 'Jimmy was a tremendous son. He was proud to be a soldier and died doing a job he loved.'
The five will be repatriated along at RAF Lyneham along with Serjeant Phillip Scott, 3rd Battalion The Rifles, who was killed last Thursday.
Sjt Scott leaves behind his wife, Ellen, and two children; Ellie, aged three, and Michael, aged one. Paying tribute to him, his wife said: 'My husband was a very brave man, loved by all his family and a very dear husband and father.'
Repatriation will begin at 11:00 GMT, followed by a private ceremony approximately an hour later. The procession will then continue through Wootton Bassett.
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