Showing posts with label Royal Anglians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royal Anglians. Show all posts

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Lincs does the Poachers proud...

The Lincolnshire 'Poachers' received a 'proper welcome home' when they marched through their home city of Lincoln today.

Top marks to the Echo for its week long campaign for support for the local soldiers of the Second Battalion, The Royal Anglians who are rightly marking their homecoming from the war in Afghanistan with a series of freedom parades across the region they recruit from.

Fortunately, the lincoln parade saw none of the nonsense from an insulting minority which marred a similar event in Luton earlier in the week, but good to see Muslim Community Leaders and Labour MP for Luton Margaret Moran dismissing protesters as not representing the views of the majority.

Important to remember that unlike the tolerant democracy we enjoy in UK, there is no right to protest in many countries, !

It was two out of two for Lincolnshire this week - as the Poacher's parade in Stamford earlier in the week also went off without a hitch.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Ross Kemp wins praise after serving with the real hardmen on the Afghan frontline...

TV tough-guy Ross Kemp has won praise of troops from our region who have been involved in some of the bloodiest action since the Second World War.

Nine Vikings (1st Batallion, The Royal Anglian Regiment) were killed during their arduous six-month tour of Hellmand Province in Afghanistan which saw them fire a million rounds of ammunition.

If you missed tonight's TV documentary which saw Ross telling his story of his time on the front-line, you can see a clip HERE thanks to the Peterborough Evening Telegraph.