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3 MERCIAN Welcome Home Parades
23 June – 28 June 2014
The Battalion mounted nine welcome home parades and hundreds of people turned out for them all. Each parade had something unique about it and the photos tell the story. The Mercian Regiment would like to thank the staff who helped us run these events, whose support was deeply appreciated:-
Stafford Borough Council
Wolverhampton City Council
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Tamworth Borough Council
East Staffordshire Borough Council Cannock Chase District Council
Lichfield City Council
Lichfield District Council
Lichfield Cathedral
The King’s Head Public House
Staffordshire Police
West Midlands Police
Jubilee 2 Club Newcastle-under-Lyme Walsall College
Wilkinson’s Newcastle-under-Lyme Cannock Leisure Centre
LBW for providing the drinks in the City Hall, Stoke-on-Trent
Wrights Pies for providing the pies in the City Hall, Stoke-on-Trent
Photographs courtesy of Alan Wakefield
No 1 Guard in Stafford – 23 June 2014
The Battalion form a hollow square, Wolverhampton – 23 June 2014
THE MERCIAN EAGLE
The Battalion marches through Tamworth – 26 June 2014