Bodies of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan being flown back to UK 8 May 2013 Last updated at 23:57 The bodies of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan are being repatriated to the UK later. Pte Robert Hetherington, of the 51st Highland, 7th Battalion - a Territorial Army member - also died. Their Mastiff armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside device during a routine patrol in Helmand on 30 April. The men's coffins will arrive back at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at about 13:30. Cpl Savage, 30, from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, is survived by his wife Lyndsey, who is expecting their first child. Fusilier Flint, 21, was from Blackpool and Pte Hetherington, 25, was born in the US but grew up in Scotland. The repatriation ceremony will include what has become a traditional tribute by former servicemen and the local community outside the base. Vehicle attack Maj Tim Petransky, from 2 SCOTS, paid tribute to the men and described the deaths as a "hammer blow." The attack was the first time soldiers travelling in a Mastiff have died, the Ministry of Defence said. The vehicle is considered one of the safest armoured transports used by the British Army. Despite being evacuated by air to the military hospital at Camp Bastion, the three soldiers died of their injuries. Six other soldiers were injured in the explosion in the district of Nahr-e Saraj.