At 4:30 pm the Battalion arrived
on the outskirts of the town. When they reached Alnwick Station the Pipes and
Drums struck up. The Tyneside Scots marched through the Bondgate and along the
main street, the town turning out in force to welcome the soldiers to Alnwick.
On Sunday 1st
February 2015, 100 years later, the Tyneside Scottish once more marched through
Bondgate into Alnwick. The Pipe band of Northumbria ACF led serving TS from
204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery Royal Artillery, veterans from the Tyneside
Scottish Branch RAA and the Tyneside Scottish detachments of Northumbria ACF
down Bondgate, and into Alnwick Castle.Tyneside Scottish approach Bondgate Eyes right Alnwick War Memorial |
Pipe band march through Bondgate |
Marching through Alnwick |
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Tyneside Scottish march through Alnwick Castle |
Tyneside Scottish march through Alnwick Castle |
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Tyneside Scottish march through Alnwick Castle |
Tyneside Scottish march through Alnwick Castle |