Well-wishers wave off Scots battalion on six-month tour
AN emotional farewell parade was held yesterday for 450 soldiers from 1 Scots who are being deployed to Afghanistan.
AN emotional farewell parade was held yesterday for 450 soldiers from 1 Scots who are being deployed to Afghanistan.
SO LONG: Troops from 1 Scots took part in a parade before their deployment to Afghanistan. Picture: Stewart Attwood
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The troops from the 1st Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, were led through the streets of Edinburgh by a pipe band from Dreghorn Barracks to Colinton Church for a service.
Members of the Military Wives Choir sang for the soldiers at the service as the battalion makes final preparations before being deployed to Helmand Province for a six-month tour later this month.
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