The funeral of a Black Watch soldier who died in hospital six weeks after he was injured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan will be held on Thursday.

The service for Corporal Thomas 'Tam' Mason will take place at noon at Trinity Parish Church in Cowdenbeath, Fife. It will be followed by an interment at a cemetery near Dunfermline.

Corporal Mason, 27, died at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham last month. He had been injured after an improvised explosive device detonated during an operation in Kandahar Province on September 15.

The soldier was born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire before he was brought up in Rosyth.

He joined the army in February 2005 and served in Afghanistan the following year before he returned to study to become a Mortar Fire Controller. He deployed again to Afghanistan in March this year.

Following his death, Corporal Mason's wife Kylie Mason said: "I have thought long and hard to find the right words to describe how Tam was and what he meant to me.

"But there are no words in the world that would even come close to describe what a great husband Tam was. He was the most genuine and kindest man I have ever known."

Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Cartwright, Commanding Officer 3 SCOTS, added: "Corporal Tam Mason was a highly motivated and exceptional junior non-commissioned officer.

"He had set his heart on Special Forces selection next year and no-one would have bet against him reaching his ultimate goal. He was an immensely popular and modest man and he will be sorely, sorely missed."