Father's funeral tribute to hero son

Pte Gamble, of the elite 2 Para regiment, was the platoon linguist and could speak the Afghani language of Pashto.

He died on June 8 in a suicide bombing while on foot patrol in Helmand Province - just two weeks before his 23rd birthday.

At his funeral yesterday (Thursday), Pte Gamble was hailed a hero and buried with full military honours.

Shops closed for the afternoon and footage of the funeral was broadcast from the packed church to a huge plasma screen in the graveyard, watched by hundreds.

The Rev Chris Howarth said Daniel would be remembered as a hero, and called for the war in Afghanistan to continue.

He said: 'Daniel died heroically, a young man doing his duty in the service of his country, for peace, for justice.