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Royal Engineers given freedom of Medway

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00:00, 19 May 2008  | Updated: 13:57, 19 May 2008
Crowds lined the streets to clap and cheer despite the rainFixed bayonets and shirt-sleeve order, combat kitFrom left General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue, Chief Royal Engineer, the Mayor and Mayoress and Lord Lt of Kent Allan WillettSappers marching through the streets of MedwaySappers mark the Royal Engineers' 200-year association with MedwayThe Band of the Royal Engineers led the paradeThe Engineers march through the streets of MedwayThe Mayor of Medway, Cllr David Carr, Lord Lieutenant of Kent Allan Willett and Brigadier Tony Harking take the salute outside the civic centreThe Royal Engineers march towards Medway Council headquarters at Gun Wharf

People lined the streets of Chatham to cheer the Royal Engineers as they received the Freedom of Medway.

Sappers marched from Kitchener Barracks to the new Medway Council headquarters in Dock Road on Saturday watched by onlookers who were undeterred by the rain.

Medway Mayor Cllr David Carr and the Lord Lieutenant Allan Willett took the salute at Gun Wharf.

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