On Friday, 12th March 2010 thousands of people lined the streets of Newport to welcome home our war heroes. The soldiers recently came back home after serving in Afghanistan last year, but the tour wasn’t without its sacrifice as they lost several of their fallen colleagues..
The parade started outside Wetherspoon’s pub on Commercial Street, through to Bridge Street before finishing in Cambrian Road. It was the biggest turnout for the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards in their recent homecoming parades.
Hundreds of school children also turned up waving banners and waited patiently to see the soldiers; desperate for a glimpse of the troops.
In the summer of 2009, the Welsh Guards took part in some the fiercest fighting ever seen in Helmand supporting 19 Brigade during Operation Panther’s Claw.
Significant achievements included clearing the Taliban from the strongholds in areas such as Babaji while building relationships with the local people and allowing businesses, schools, mosques and roads to be rebuilt.
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