The funeral of a local serviceman killed in Afghanistan will take place next week.

Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, who had strong links with South Pembrokeshire, was serving in the Royal Military Police when he was killed in an attack on Tuesday, November 3.

Known as Nic or W-S to his family, friends and colleagues, he was killed as a result of gunshot wounds sustained in an attack in the Nad e-Ali district of Helmand province.

Aged 24, he was one of five servicemen who died in the incident.

Cpl. Webster-Smith's funeral take place next Thursday, November 26, at 11 am, in St. Peters Church, Brackley, Northamptonshire.