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6th Lincolnshire Regt - Freedom of Grantham - Taken by Mike Peck 25 Oct 2006
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6th Lincolnshire Regiment - Taken by Brian Fare 11 Feb 2023
Reference WMO/267980
Edit memorial name, location & address- Glass Glass
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- Second World War (1939-1945)
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Borough of Grantham. The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Grantham in the County of Lincoln to Edward John Grinling DSO ,MC.,TD., DL., Honorary Colonel, and the Officers, Warrant Officers, Non Commissioned Officers and Men of the 6th Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment. Greetings Whereas we are grateful for our deliverance under God by the armed forces of His Majesty the King and his Allies from the many and grave dangers which have lately beset us and whereas we take pride in the heroic part played in that deliverance by the Battalion in glorious actions of unsurpassed gallantry in many fields of battle and whereas we are desirous of recording our gratitude and pride of fostering the mutual attachment which binds our Borough with the Battalion in which so many of our sons have been proud to serve and of thankfully acknowledging our debt not only to the living but also to those of honoured memory who fell. Now therefore we do hereby confer in perpetuity upon the 6th Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment the privilege, honour and distinction of marching through the streets of Grantham on all ceremonial occasions with bayonets fixed, colours flying, drums beating and bands playing. In witness thereof we have caused our corporate common seal to be hereunto affixed this 21st day of September 1946. Signatures of Alfred Roberts Mayor and John F Guile[?] Town Clerk. [To left of signatures are the words - 'The common seal of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Grantham was affixed hereto in pursuance of a resolution passed at a meeting of the council of the said Borough and same was so affixed in the presence of'.] [ Note Alfred Roberts was the father of Margaret who became Britain’s first lady Prime Minister]
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