Beach massacre victims return home (From Swindon Advertiser)

Meanwhile, details of the fatal wounds suffered by several victims have been revealed as inquests were opened into the terror attack.

The special site of remembrance will be in addition to a dedicated memorial to the 30 British victims of the Tunisia attack, the Prime Minister said.

Gunman Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire in the resort of Sousse at around 11.15am on Friday June 26.

A plane carrying their bodies arrived at an Air Force base west of London earlier on Saturday.

Senior coroner for West London Chinyere Inyama opened inquests into eight of the British victims yesterday.

“Tourists were indiscriminately targeted by the gunman”, he said in a statement read during the hearings.

A government spokesman said Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood, whose brother Jon was killed in the Bali bombing of 2002, will work closely with families of the Tunisia victims to ensure the government does all it can to support their immediate needs and to discuss the long-term plan for the memorial and remembrance service.

The coroner said the inquests had been suspended pending the outcome of investigations by British and Tunisian police.

Wiltshire couple John Welch, from Corsham, and Eileen Swannack, from Biddestone were among those killed.

Detective Sergeant David Batt of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command told the inquest the shootings lasted around 30 minutes. “The gunman was shot by security services”.

Fashion and beauty blogger Carly Lovett, 24, from Lincolnshire, who was staying in Tunisia with her fiance, Liam Moore, died from a gunshot wound to the chest.

Mr Stollery, 58, a social worker from Nottinghamshire, who was on holiday with his wife Cheryl and son, was killed by a gunshot wound to the head.

Mr Batt said 275 witness accounts had been taken by police so far, and more than 1,200 potential witnesses have returned to the United Kingdom.

He said: “Those who lost their lives in Tunisia were innocent victims of a brutal terrorist atrocity”.

Mr Thwaites, 70, a ex- Birmingham City football player, died from a gunshot wound to the chest, while his wife Elaine, 69, died from gunshot wounds to the chest and pelvis.

Police were patrolling the streets around the coroner’s court and a large number of officers guarded a fenced-off area surrounding a white tent close to the building.

The country will observe a minute’s silence at 1030 GMT after having made the same gesture on Friday in honour of its latest victims of terror.