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A funeral service for a Scottish soldier killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan has heard him described as "an exceptional man". | |
Corporal Barry Dempsey, of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, died in August when an improvised explosive device was detonated as he left his vehicle. | |
About 300 mourners packed Annbank Parish Church in his home village of Mossblown in Ayrshire. | |
The 29-year-old leaves behind a wife and two children. | |
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. | |
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." |
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