Prince Harry opens Field of Remembrance

Britain's Prince Harry laughs as an air horn given to him to start a military charity march malfunctions during the opening of the Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance, at Wootton Bassett, England. The Prince, who has served in Afghanistan, planted a cross dedicated to his friend Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate, who was in the Household Cavalry Regiment with Prince Harry, and who was killed on foot patrol in Afghanistan earlier this year. Photo: AP

Published Nov 9, 2010

Britain's Prince Harry has opened a special memorial to honour the 342 British soldiers who have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001. The Field of Remembrance contains crosses decorated with poppies and personal messages from the public and is planted in rows in the town of Wootton Bassett, 135 kilometers west of London.

For more than two years, people have stopped in Wootton Bassett to pay their respects to dead soldiers repatriated to RAF Lyneham, the nearby home of British military air transport operations.