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The funeral of a Scottish soldier who died in Afghanistan last month will take place on Wednesday. A funeral service for a Scottish soldier killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan has heard him described as "an exceptional man".
Cpl Barry Dempsey, from Ayrshire, was killed in an explosion in the Gereshk area of Helmand province on 18 August. Corporal Barry Dempsey, of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, died in August when an improvised explosive device was detonated as he left his vehicle.
His funeral service will be held at Annbank Church, Mossblown, before he is buried in a nearby cemetery. About 300 mourners packed Annbank Parish Church in his home village of Mossblown in Ayrshire.
The 29-year-old father-of-two, was serving with The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland, when he was killed. The 29-year-old leaves behind a wife and two children.
Cpl Dempsey joined The Royal Highland Fusiliers in 1998 and spent most of his career as a medic in the Regimental Aid Post. The Army medic's coffin, draped in a Union flag, was carried by bearers from his battalion past a guard of honour into the church.
He leaves a wife, Shelly, a son, Charlie, and a daughter, Andie. During the service, Corporal Sammy Parker, who served with Cpl Dempsey, remembered the comrade he had served with for a decade.
He said: "He was an exceptional man who died doing an exceptional job. He will be greatly missed as a soldier and a friend, a brother and son, and of course a husband and father."
The Rev David Ness, who presided over the wedding of Cpl Dempsey and his wife, conducted the service and also paid tribute to the soldier.
The minister said: "He died doing what he always did - helping someone out. He died a real hero."