Military to march through town

The regiment was awarded the Freedom of the Borough last August.

And next Wednesday, Lt Col Tom Vallings, the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Batallion Yorkshire Regiment, the Duke of Wellington's, will lead about 130 men through the town.  

The men, many of whom have just returned from Afghanistan, will be escorted by the military band of the King's Division, the Duke's Drummers, a colour party of nine men, and a six-man flanking escort.

Escorted by mounted officers from South Yorkshire Police, the parade will begin at 10.45am in Douglas Street and will march down into All Saints' Square to be inspected by the Mayor of Rotherham, Cllr Rose McNeely, at 11am.

After speeches by the mayor and the deputy-colonel of the Yorkshire Regiment, Col Simon Newton, and a victory beating by the Duke's Drummers, the march will re-commence before returning to the square again, where the mayor will take the salute before the contingent returns to Douglas Street.

The Yorkshire Regiment, which is based in Warminster, Wiltshire, will also have a recruiting team in the town on the day as well as a special display of two armoured vehicles, including a Warrior.