Mercian Regiment to march through Chesterfield
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment will exercise their freedom of the borough of Chesterfield later, by parading through the town.
Mercian Battalion honoured by marching through Chesterfield
As the phased withdrawal of troops from the war zone gathers pace, a battalion which has lost 11 soldiers since the start of the conflict has returned home for the last time and paraded through the streets of Chesterfield.
The infantry battalion of the second Mercian has seen some of the fiercest fighting on the battlefields and paid a high price. David Hirst was in Chesterfield for todays march past.:
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