Yorkshire Regiment marches to mark Freedom of Rotherham

SQUADDIES from the Yorkshire Regiment will be marching through the town this summer as they exercise their right to the Freedom of Rotherham.
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Published 14th Apr 2010, 09:22 BST
Updated 10th Jan 2017, 09:06 BST

About 100 men from the 3rd Battalion (the Duke of Wellington's Regiment) will march around the town on June 23 - as is their right after the Yorkshire Regiment was presented with the Freedom of the Rotherham Borough last August.

Led by Col. Simon Newton, the men 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.

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The contingent - escorted by mounted officers from South Yorkshire Police - will march to All Saints Square, where they will be inspected by the Mayor of Rotherham at 11 am. The parade will continue its march round the town, through the square again, where the Mayor will take the salute, before making its way back to Douglas Street.

The Yorkshire Regiment 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.

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