Great turnout for soldiers’ parade
Monday 15th March 2010, 11:25AM GMT.
Members of the Royal Irish Regiment parading at Tern Hill Barracks during their St Patrick's Day parade
Hundreds of people turned out to greet soldiers at a Shropshire barracks as they staged an annual St Patrick’s Day parade before their forthcoming deployment to Afghanistan.
Friends and family of the 500-strong Royal Irish Regiment, based at Clive Barracks, Tern Hill, turned out in force to mark the occasion and celebrate the official opening of the new memorial garden on Saturday.
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