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The Merchant Navy and Royal Naval Reserves have been awarded the Freedom of the City of Plymouth, Devon, at a ceremony held earlier.

Special scrolls were presented to representatives from the two organisations before recruits paraded through the city centre.

The freedom of the city is the greatest ceremonial honour a local authority can bestow on an organisation.

Plymouth City Council granted it last year but the ceremony made it formal.

Commander Jane Allen, of the Royal Naval Reserves, said: "The significance of receiving the freedom of the city is tremendously important , particularly when you're Plymouth based.

"So many of the reserves are being used operationally every day.

"We've got people in Afghanistan and Iraq and it's important that people understand that reservists are equally important as the full-time service."

Council leader, Vivien Pengelly, said: "We're so proud of what the Merchant Navy and the Royal Naval Reserves do for everyone in this country, but especially because Plymouth has such an excellent maritime history.

"We just like being a garrison town, it's really special today."

Full story on the BBC news page



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Phil Hughes, a good friend of the PWSTS Society and Official Standard Bearer for the Independent Vindicatrix Branch of East Kent, attended the Freedom of the city celebrations at Plymouth. He has kindly sent the forum the following photographs.

Freedom of the City of Plymouth to the M.N. on Sunday, March 22nd 2009.  There was around 28 Merchant Navy Standards on parade from all over the UK and we were the ONLY "Vindicatrix" Standard on parade. It was a great honour to be there and the whole ceremony was broadcast "live" by the BBC TV. 

These photos show the service scene and the "Freedom Scroll", the march off following the presentation round the city past the Lord Mayor's saluting base to the Civic Centre Guildhall.

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This is the link to the Plymouth Herald site for 35 photos in a slide show format of the event:

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Civic-honour-navies/article-788593-detail/article.html

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surprized to uncle from only fools and horses there ,during the war ect ect shut up you plonker

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