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Residents near Wakefield are being urged to take part in a minute of silence for a fallen soldier.<\/p>\n

The moment will be held after the funeral of Rifleman Luke Farmer at Wakefield Cathedral on February 5th, the Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express reported.<\/p>\n

Rifleman Farmer was killed in an explosion near Sangin in Helmand province in January, alongside Corporal Lee Brownson, from County Durham.<\/p>\n

Mourners wanting to attend the funeral are asked to be seated in the cathedral by 09:30 GMT on the day, or they can follow the funeral procession from Third Avenue and through Upton to Harewood Lane.<\/p>\n

The silence will be observed at noon, with family and friends urging people to take part to commemorate the soldier.<\/p>\n

Last week a rugby match was held in memory of Rifleman Farmer and fellow Upton resident James Priestley, 26, who died of skin cancer in January. The match also raised money for a cancer unit at St James’ Hospital in Leeds and Afghan Heroes, which supports soldiers at war in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Posted by Mark Wilkins\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19591845-ADNFCR\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People in the Wakefield area are being asked to commemorate a soldier killed in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nPeople urged to join one minute silence for Rifleman Farmer - Forces Penpals GB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/people-urged-to-join-one-minute-silence-for-rifleman-farmer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"People urged to join one minute silence for Rifleman Farmer - Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" 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