Inquest Opens Into Soldier Deaths
An inquest opens later into the deaths of two English soldiers killed in a road crash in Northern Ireland.
An inquest opens later into the deaths of two English soldiers killed in a road crash in Northern Ireland.
Lance Corporal David Gwilt, from Bedford, and Rifleman Dale Harris, from Barnsley, died when their car hit a tractor in Co Antrim last August.
The 24-year-olds had been serving in the 2nd Battalion The Rifles, based in Lisburn, near Belfast.
The crash happened on the Ballyconnelly Road, Cullybackey.
Another man in the car, aged 21, suffered head injuries. The driver of the John Deere tractor was treated at the scene for injuries.
The soldiers were much-liked men with fantastic futures ahead of them, military colleagues said.
The inquest will take place at Laganside courthouse in Belfast city centre.