Hundreds lined the streets of Derby to cheer members of the Mercian Regiment
Hundreds of people lined the streets as members of a military battalion paraded through a city led by its mascot - a Swaledale ram named Private Derby.
The 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment, is due to merge with the 1st Battalion in September and the parade in Derby was to mark the amalgamation.Lt Col Richard Grover, commanding officer of 2 Mercian, said it was "always a very special occasion to march through a city such as Derby".
"It is also poignant for us because it is an opportunity to remember those who have fallen through the years."The parade formed on Full Street before marching down Corporation Street for an inspection outside the Council House by the Lord Lieutenant for Derbyshire Liz Fothergill.The Mercian Regiment was established in 2007, with the merger of the Cheshire, Staffordshire and Worcester and Sherwood Foresters Regiments, and was awarded the Freedom of Derby in the same year.
This allows the regiment the right to march through the streets of the city with bayonets fixed, drums beating and colours flying.
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