Peter Etherington (Peter@etheringtonp.freeserve.co.uk) has kindly submitted the following photographs. Please write in and let Peter know of any names to fit faces if you recognise them.
Peter served in the 2nd Battalion and the photographs he has supplied, - some of which come from newspaper cuttings, were all taken between 1952 - 1956.
Peter has written a fuller description of the photos, and of life in the regiment at this time, and this is attached beneath the photos as a PDF file for you to read.

To obtain a large version of one of the images below, simply click on it. To close the image, click anywhere within the image. The file sizes for each image are about 100K in size.
1 A typical Platoon drill in the depot in July 1954				2. Parade at Deerbolt Camp, 1952		3 Parade at Deerbolt Camp, 1952				4 Photo of the Freedom Parade in Middlesbrough to celebrate the Centenary of the Town's Charter on January 24th 1953.
5 Photo of the Freedom Parade in Middlesbrough to celebrate the Centenary of the Town's Charter on January 24th 1953.				6 The Freedom Parade in Scarborough in early February 1953. (1)		7 The Freedom Parade in Scarborough in early February 1953. (2) The 2nd Battalion No 2 Guard.				8 The Freedom Parade in Richmond on 7th March 1953 (1)
9 The Freedom Parade in Richmond on 7th March 1953 (2)				10The Freedom Parade in Richmond on 7th March 1953 (3)		11 The Freedom Parade in Richmond on 7th March 1953 (4)				12 The Freedom Parade in Richmond on 7th March 1953 (5)

Peter Etherington's description of these photos and the events with which they are associated is provided here as a PDF file. To read this file, you must have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your PC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is widely available as a free program with magazines and other programs. If you need to downlaod a copy, you may do so from Adobe's own site.

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