{"id":997,"date":"2011-06-24T11:04:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T11:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?997"},"modified":"2011-06-24T11:04:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T11:04:47","slug":"welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome parade held for homecoming soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A parade is being held to welcome home soldiers who have been serving their country in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The 3rd Division and Signal Regiment (258 Signal Squadron), based at Bramcote, will be marching through the streets of Nuneaton today (June 24th).<\/p>\n<p>Mayor of Nuneaton and Bedworth, councillor Neil Phillips, stated that it is a &quot;wonderful&quot; opportunity for local people to show their support for the soldiers who have been risking their lives over the last few months.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I would encourage residents both young and old to attend the parade to wave flags and applaud the squadron for the courage and determination they display in conflicts around the world,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Major Jim Knight added that the servicemen and women from the squadron are very much looking forward to the parade.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, a parade was held through the streets of Carlisle for the public to show their appreciation to the 1st Battalion, the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment's, on their return home from a tour of duty, reported BBC News.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Trevor Smith&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-800598637-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=800598637\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homecoming soldiers are to get a warm welcome on a parade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Welcome parade held for homecoming soldiers - Forces Penpals GB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Welcome parade held for homecoming soldiers - Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Homecoming soldiers are to get a warm welcome on a parade.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-06-24T11:04:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/\",\"name\":\"Welcome parade held for homecoming soldiers - Forces Penpals GB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-24T11:04:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-06-24T11:04:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Welcome parade held for homecoming soldiers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/\",\"name\":\"Forces Penpals GB\",\"description\":\"armed forces penpals, military dating and support for military personnel\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c\",\"name\":\"Forces Penpals\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94195f264eb586a9ecca2ce040bacb9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94195f264eb586a9ecca2ce040bacb9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Forces Penpals\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.forcespenpals.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/author\/news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Welcome parade held for homecoming soldiers - Forces Penpals GB","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Welcome parade held for homecoming soldiers - Forces Penpals GB","og_description":"Homecoming soldiers are to get a warm welcome on a parade.","og_url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/","og_site_name":"Forces Penpals GB","article_published_time":"2011-06-24T11:04:47+00:00","author":"Forces Penpals","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Forces Penpals","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/","url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/","name":"Welcome parade held for homecoming soldiers - Forces Penpals GB","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-06-24T11:04:47+00:00","dateModified":"2011-06-24T11:04:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welcome-parade-held-for-homecoming-soldiers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Welcome parade held for homecoming soldiers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/","name":"Forces Penpals GB","description":"armed forces penpals, military dating and support for military personnel","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c","name":"Forces Penpals","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94195f264eb586a9ecca2ce040bacb9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94195f264eb586a9ecca2ce040bacb9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Forces Penpals"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.forcespenpals.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/author\/news\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1000,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/hundreds-turn-out-for-soldiers-homecoming-parade\/","url_meta":{"origin":997,"position":0},"title":"Hundreds turn out for soldiers&#8217; homecoming parade","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"June 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A homecoming parade for Yorkshire troops was attended by hundreds.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Support Soldiers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Support Soldiers","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/category\/support-soldiers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1007,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/thousands-attends-soldiers-homecoming-parade\/","url_meta":{"origin":997,"position":1},"title":"Thousands attends soldiers homecoming parade","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"June 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A homecoming parade for soldiers has been attended by thousands.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Support Soldiers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Support Soldiers","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/category\/support-soldiers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1039,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/public-expected-to-support-soldiers-on-freedom-parade\/","url_meta":{"origin":997,"position":2},"title":"Public expected to support soldiers on freedom parade","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"July 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Members of the public can turn out to watch troops marching through their local area.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Support Soldiers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Support Soldiers","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/category\/support-soldiers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3090,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/celebration-on-armed-forces-day-to-be-held-in-guildford\/","url_meta":{"origin":997,"position":3},"title":"Celebration on Armed Forces Day to be held in Guildford","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"May 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This year's Armed Forces Day event is set to be held in Guildford.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Support Soldiers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Support Soldiers","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/category\/support-soldiers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":174,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/welsh-guards-to-stage-cardiff-homecoming-parade\/","url_meta":{"origin":997,"position":4},"title":"Welsh Guards to stage Cardiff homecoming parade","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"March 4, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"More than 250 soldiers from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards will parade through the capital.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Support Soldiers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Support Soldiers","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/category\/support-soldiers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":388,"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/thousands-turn-out-for-soldier-parade\/","url_meta":{"origin":997,"position":5},"title":"Thousands turn out for soldier parade","author":"Forces Penpals","date":"July 12, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"More than 3,000 people lined the streets of Wareham to support the parading troops.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Support Soldiers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Support Soldiers","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/category\/support-soldiers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}