Final farewell to tragic Sam

THE funeral of a young soldier who died suddenly after a short battle with leukaemia takes place in Whiston this afternoon.

Sam Howis (19) was hoping to leave for a tour of duty in Afghanistan with the Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistics Regiment when the illness put him in hospital on Friday, May 25.

Surgeons operated to stop bleeding in the young soldier’s brain but he never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead on Wednesday, May 30.

More than 400 people have left condolences on a Facebook page in Sam’s memory. His military funeral—including an army firing team and pipe band—will take place at St Mary Magdalene’s C of E Church, Whiston at 1pm today.

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