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This Saturday the 1st December soldiers from 1 Royal Tank Regiment (My old Army Regiment) will parading in Liverpool to mark there return from a 3 month tour of Afghanistan, this may be the LAST time they march in Liverpool as 1 RTR as they are due to amalgamate next year with 2 RTR.
This is your local Tank Regiment and I hope you can spare some time to cheer the troops on.
11:50 - 1RTR form up at the Anglican Cathedral
12:00 - Parade of 1 RTR starts.....
Upper Duke St - Hope St - Mount Pleasant - Lime St - Hood St - Crosshall St - Churchill Way - Dale St and the Parade ends at Exchange Flags at 13:00hrs
**FEAR NAUGHT** (Regimental Motto)
P.S. You can even be in my photos ;-)

Sorry its actually returning from a 7 Month tour and its G sqn 1 RTR.

I was about to say, 3 months! Why halva tour!?! Ha

Good on em an welcome home

Was at Exchange Flags. They were so smart. I thought the military band was lovely and the pipes and drums wonderful What was their tartan?

Yes was a great sight .It was the heavy cavalry and RTR band alongside the Pipes and drums, The Tartan was Hunting Rose Tartan of the Roses of Kilravock.

1st Royal Tank Regiment marches in Liverpool homecoming by gilly-de-fish, on Flickr

1st Royal Tank Regiment marches in Liverpool homecoming by gilly-de-fish, on Flickr

The rest of my photos are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/merseyside_rtr/sets/72157632175499263/

Thanks Weeman for the info and sharing your photos.