Gravesend and Dartford parades set to celebrate St George's Day
The service in the Regimental Chapel will include a commemoration of the regiment's last overseas deployment to Aden in 1965.Several pubs across Kent have also organised celebrations and Swanley Town Council has organised activities in its town centre for Saturday.St George is the patron saint of England, and is known in legend for slaying a dragon and rescuing an innocent maiden from death.
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