The parents of the youngest British soldier killed in Iraq have asked mourners at his funeral on Monday to donate money to help Iraqi children.
Kelan Turrington, the 18-year-old son of John and Ann Turrington from Haslingfield in Cambridgeshire, was killed on 6 April as British forces made the final push into Basra.
Mr and Mrs Turrington asked those who attended the full military funeral to donate money rather than bring flowers.
The money is to be divided between All Saint's Church in the village and charities working to ease the plight of children in Iraq.
The money donated will be held in trust until the family decide which Iraqi charities it will go to.
Family 'moved by suffering'
The Reverend Peter Jones, the vicar of Haslingfield, said: "It's quite an extraordinary gesture.
"It's an amazing act."
A source at the Ministry of Defence said: "Despite their loss the family have been moved by the suffering of young people in Iraq."
The coffin of Fusilier Turrington was carried into the church and to his final resting place in the churchyard by soldiers from the 2nd Battalion of Royal Regiment Fusiliers.
All of the 1st Battalion are still in Iraq, but observed a two-minute silence while the funeral took place at 1200 BST.
That tribute was led by Lt Col David Patterson.
Fusilier Turrington was one of three soldiers to die in fighting that night.
He left Comberton Village College in the summer of 2001 and joined the army.
His family said it had been a childhood dream.
Last week in Haslingfield the church's new floodlights were dedicated to him.
The centre of the village was closed to traffic during the service.
