He was just a baby when his father was shot dead - a few days before they would have met. Now brave Ashton Sexton-Farquhar has paid tribute to the soldier he never saw, laying a poppy wreath in his honour on Remembrance Sunday. Ashton, now four, made the heart-rending public gesture in Colchester, Essex. Scroll down for video Heart-rending: Ashton Sexton-Farquhar was just five months old when his father was shot and killed by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. Today he led tributes in Colchester, Essex, by laying a poppy wreath in his honour Ashton, now four years old, said at the public remembrance event: 'I am very proud of my daddy. He's my hero'
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Ashton Sexton-Farquhar made heart-rending gesture in Colchester, Essex
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His father Shaun Sexton was killed in 2010 when boy was five months old
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Killing in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, was days before planned return
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Mother Trudy, 37: 'I want Ashton to grow up knowing his dad was a hero'
His son wore a suit and tie with a poppy today at the Colchester war memorial, on what would have been Mr @placeholder's 35th birthday.