A fantastic display from F Bty in Castle Park this morning!
A 42 gun salute in honour of the #platinumjubilee.
In his last act as BC, Maj Philpott led his Battery through the pageantry in front of thousands of spectators in the Essex sunshine. A superb job from start to finish!
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Airborne gunners have fired a Royal Salute in Colchester today to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in the way that only artillery can.
With several thousand spectators watching, three guns from Colchester-based F (Sphinx) Parachute Battery, 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery fired a 42-gun salute in Castle Park at noon.
Lord-Lieutenant of Essex Jennifer Tolhurst was the Inspecting Officer as the Queen’s representative in the county and British Army Band Colchester performed a formal marching display before the Royal Salute was fired.
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Practice makes perfect.
The airborne gunners of F (Sphinx) Parachute Battery, 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery carry out their final rehearsal for the firing of a 42-gun Royal Salute to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
The salute will be fired in Castle Park, Colchester at noon on Thursday 2nd June, with music from British Army Band Colchester from 11.30am.
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