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LOOK: Military parades around Gwent through the years
With Armed Forces Day coming up this weekend, including a special event at Caldicot Castle in Monmouthshire on Saturday, June 28, we thought it would be a good opportunity to take a look through our archives at some of the military parades that have graced the streets of Gwent through the past few decades.
Every year, a large number of Remembrance Day parades are held across the five counties that make up Gwent - Newport, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen and Monmouthshire - and parades are also held to mark events such as VE Day, VJ Day and marking freedom of the town/city/county.
Let us know if you or a member of your family remembers these parades, and if you're planning to celebrate Armed Forces Day this weekend.
Band of the Royal Regiment of Wales, T.A. during Newport Mayoral Parade, June 1980 (Image: NQ) British Legion march through Pontypool on September 27, 1986. Picture: Jeffrey F. Morgan (Image: NQ) A civic parade on Godfrey Road, Newport in June, 1990 (Image: NQ) The Ermine Street Guard parade outside the Roman Baths, Caerleon, 1990 (Image: NQ) A memorial parade at Chepstow (Image: NQ) Monmouth Regiment parade in 1989 (Image: NQ) The head of the Royal Regiment of Wales parading through Newport in 1982 (Image: NQ) The salute during the march past of the parade to mark the 2nd birthday of the Cwmbran TA (Image: NQ) Beating the Retreat at Crickhowell Castle July 1986 (Image: NQ) A D-Day memorial commemoration parade was held in Newport to mark the 70th anniversary in 2014. Pictured are veterans marching along the High Street, on their way to the D-Day stone memorial (Image: NQ) Soldiers from A Company, 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh with a memorial stone outside Nantyglo Senior Citizen Hall (Image: NQ)
