{"id":98,"date":"2010-01-27T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?98"},"modified":"2010-01-27T17:23:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T17:23:00","slug":"public-applauds-marching-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/public-applauds-marching-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Public applauds marching troops"},"content":{"rendered":"
Troops from Number Seven Company of the Coldstream Guards were applauded by members of the public as they marched through Harborough town centre at the weekend.<\/p>\n
More than 100 hundred soldiers paraded through the town as part of their 425-mile trek from Scotland to London which is raising money for the Army Benevolent Fund.<\/p>\n
The troops are retracing the steps taken by general George Monck during the English civil war 350 years ago.<\/p>\n
Local woman Jill Mann, whose son is a medical officer with the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards in Afghanistan, told the Harborough Mail said the turnout was nice to see.<\/p>\n
"There was a good crowd out lining the High Street to applaud them and cheer them on … it was a good occasion in the town," she added. <\/p>\n
Captain Ed Poynter, from the 2nd Battalion The Rifles, recently revealed he is going to walk the whole length of Hardian’s Wall to raise money for the British Limbless Ex-Service Men’s Association.<\/p>\n
Posted by Jenny Richards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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