ONE of Britain’s largest army regiments marched through their Hampshire home today.
Hundreds of people cheered the Adjutant General’s Corps down Winchester High Street despite grey skies threatening to rain on their Freedom Parade.
Winchester-born Lt Col Mark John led around 150 troops from Peninsula Barracks down the High Street to a reception at the Guildhall.

Marching to the Band and Bugles of the Rifles, also based in the city, the corps were joined by forces and veterans from the Royal Military Police.
The Adjutant General’s Corps has served in more than 30 countries, and boasts more than 9,000 soldiers and officers – 10 per cent of the Army’s troops.
At the Guildhall soldiers were met by around 300 residents and dignitaries including the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Nigel Atkinson, Winchester City Council leader Cllr Stephen Godfrey and Cllr Angela Clear, Mayor of Winchester.
Echoing her speech to the King’s Royal Hussars at their Freedom Parade in June, Cllr Clear hailed the army’s ancient links to the city, stretching back nearly 2,000 years.
The former Royal Army Pay Corps, amalgamated to form the Adjutant General’s Corps in the 1990s, was granted Freedom of Entry in 1970. The regiment last exercised their right to bear arms through Winchester’s streets in 2008.
Its home, Worthy Down Camp, is undergoing a £250 million refurbishment to become Britain’s first training college for all three armed forces.
Most soldiers on parade trained in Hampshire at Sir John Moore Barracks or Worthy Down.
Lt Col John said: “This is a big deal for everybody that’s here and in the army. They’ve come from across the country and some have come from Germany. How often do you get to do something like this?
“Winchester is a beautiful town and I’ve got the personal link to it.”
Among the soldiers was Warrant Officer Class 2 Paula Aling, the regiment’s most senior female officer, who has just moved to the nearby village of Barton Stacey.
She said it was an “honour and privilege” to march through the town.