PRESS ASSOCIATION -- A sunset ceremony will mark the end of repatriations through Wootton Bassett when the Union flag on the high street is taken down.
The ceremony, co-ordinated by the town council, hopes to reflect the simple and dignified nature of the military repatriations which have passed through the town since April 2007.
It will mark the end of an era for Wootton Bassett, which has seen thousands of people line its main street to pay their respects to those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
What started as an impromptu event grew larger than anyone in the town could have imagined and Wootton Bassett soon became a place where families and friends of fallen servicemen shared their grief.
On August 18 the town fell silent for the 167th and final repatriation to go through Wootton Bassett when the body of Lieutenant Daniel Clack, 24, of 1st Battalion The Rifles, was brought back to UK soil.
RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire will remain the official landing ground for repatriations until the end of Wednesday but on Thursday the honour passes back to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
Servicemen and women killed on operations have been flown into RAF Lyneham since April 2007 when RAF Brize Norton was closed for runway repairs.
Wootton Bassett mayor, councillor Paul Heaphy, said: "We felt it was appropriate to mark the passing of responsibility from Wootton Bassett to Oxfordshire and we felt it would be wrong not to recognise what has happened over the last number of years.
"We've had requests from the community to pull something together so we have created this ceremony which hopefully people will feel fitting."