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The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment 2RTR will honor conferred Thursday, September 15 in the light of its historical links with the district.
As part of the regimental celebrations will host a parade back home in Putney and Wandsworth that day and become the unit to receive the regular army liberty A unit of the Territorial Army of the borough, London Regiment, which is based in Clapham Junction, was also awarded the honor in 1992.
Nearly 250 officers and men of 2RTR, who recently returned to the UK from their last deployment in Helmand province, Afghanistan, will participate in the parade back home, who went to Wandsworth Park around noon.
Led by the Life Guards of the group, the parade will travel in a circuit along Putney Bridge Road, Putney High Street, Disraeli Road, Oxford Road and back to Wandsworth Park, where the freedom of the borough will be officially gave them.
The Borough of links 2 RTR date back to 1916 when the British Army was first deployed tanks in the last stages of the Battle of the Somme in the first attack in which they were used, in the French hamlet Flers strategic, supports the infantry was the 10th battalion, the Royal Regiment Queen West Surrey - a so-called Pals battalion composed of men from Battersea.
Following this, the men of the 13th Battalion Wandsworth, Surrey Regiment East, provided support near the tank units in the first armored attack mass at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917.
In the days that preceded the outbreak of the Second World War, the 7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment TA 23 London Regiment - an infantry unit based in Clapham Junction, were trained in two tank battalions of the Royal Tank Regiment regiment - the 42nd Bn 42 RTR and the 48th battalion 48 RTR.
Both units served with distinction, especially in the desert campaign in North Africa; The elements 42 RTR took part in the decisive battle of El Alamein in 48 RTR participated in the operation Vulcan - the decisive final push to eject the enemy from North Africa.
Equipped with Churchill tanks, half-tracks and armored cars reconnaissance 48RTR played a leading role in the fierce struggle that forced the surrender of all Axis forces in North Africa More than 250,000 German troops and Italian were captured - the number twice captured by the Russians at Stalingrad.
48 RTR s battle colors are now preserved at St. Mary Church in Battersea.
After the war, the two units were reformed to create 2 RTR, which has since seen active service in Cyprus, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and more recently in Afghanistan.
Its historical links with the district mean that the regiment continues to actively recruit its officers and men of the borough of Wandsworth.
One of these men was 21 years, Lance Corporal James Cartwright Battersea, who was killed in Basra in southern Iraq in June 2007, when his Warrior armored vehicle crashed during an operation to clear a safe path for a convoy refueling at the main British base.
Council leader Ravi Govindia said the regiment were worthy recipients of the freedom of the borough.
He added This honor pays tribute to the bravery and the sacrifices that have been made for many years by the soldiers who have served in this famous and historic regiment We are extremely proud to be associated with them.
On the day of the parade, the Metropolitan Police will set up temporary block traffic on the roads that feed on the parade route while Putney High Street will be closed to traffic from 11 35am to 15pm In about 12 Furthermore, no entry will Putney High Street in Montserrat road all day parade, and a very limited number of parking suspensions.
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