Conferment of the Freedom of Burton

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Date:August 1946

Description:A civil authority may bestow (as a mark of honour) its Freedom on an individual or corporate body. This gives a Regiment the privilege of marching through the city or borough with ‘Drums Beating, Band Playing, Bayonets Fixed and Colours Flying’.

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Donor ref:1026 (31/6237)

Source: Staffordshire Regiment Museum

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