Around 250 soldiers from the Yorkshire Regiment have taken part in a Freedom Parade.
Hundreds of people lined the streets of Warminster in Wiltshire yesterday to watch members of the 1st Battalion march through the town.
The Freedom of Warminster was conferred on the regiment’s 3rd Battalion last year.
But as part of Army reorganisation, the regiment’s three battalions were merged into two and the Warminster-based battalion, the 3 Yorks, was renumbered the 1 Yorks.
The town council has now awarded the renumbered battalion freedom of the town and the parade was held to mark the occasion.
During the parade, Sarah Troughton, Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire, took the salute along with the mayor of Warminster Paul Batchelor.
The Freedom of Warminster means the regiment has the right to march through the streets of the town.
It is also allowed to parade with colours flying, bayonets fixed, drums beating and bands playing.
Several Huddersfield troops were involved in the parade.
The Regiment has lost five Huddersfield troops in the Afghanistan conflict: Lance Cpl Graham Shaw, Cpl Jake Hartley, Pte Anton Frampton, Pte Daniel Wilford and Pte Tom Wroe.
