AT a moving ceremony on a late summer's day, old soldiers of the Worcestershire Regiment gathered at the regimental stone in Gheluvelt Park, Worcester, to pay tribute to former colleagues.
They came to remember the men of the regiment who died in the Gallipoli Campaign during the first World War, members of the 1st Battalion who were the first British Troops across the River Seine, north of Paris, in 1945, those who fought at Kohima, Burma in the same year, and the officers and men who served during the Malaya Emergency from 1950-1953.
"We had a wonderful turnout," said Maurice Smith, secretary of the Worcestershire branch of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Association. "There were 42 on parade, including standard bearers, the most we have ever had."
A wreath was laid at the stone by two veterans of the Second World War, Barry Freeman of Malvern and Eric Tipping, who lives in Worcester.
Before the short 10 minute ceremony, the former soldiers gathered in the park's Sons of Rest pavilion where a presentation was made to Association member and standard bearer David Plant of Malvern, who played a large part in the provision of the regimental stone.
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