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Guards complete march for charity | Guards complete march for charity |
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Soldiers from the Coldstream Guards have completed a 425-mile charity march on a route first taken by members of their regiment 350 years ago. | Soldiers from the Coldstream Guards have completed a 425-mile charity march on a route first taken by members of their regiment 350 years ago. |
Some 100 members of 7 Company arrived at the Tower of London, after setting off from Coldstream in the Scottish Borders on 6 January. | Some 100 members of 7 Company arrived at the Tower of London, after setting off from Coldstream in the Scottish Borders on 6 January. |
They followed the footsteps of the 1660 march on London made by men commanded by General George Monck. | They followed the footsteps of the 1660 march on London made by men commanded by General George Monck. |
Money will go to the Army Benevolent Fund and the Coldstream charity. | Money will go to the Army Benevolent Fund and the Coldstream charity. |
Centre stays | Centre stays |
It will help those injured in recent wars. | It will help those injured in recent wars. |
The march took in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Newcastle, Durham, York, Selby, Doncaster, Worksop, Mansfield, Loughborough, Market Harborough, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Dunstable, St Albans, Barnet and Woolwich in south-east London. | The march took in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Newcastle, Durham, York, Selby, Doncaster, Worksop, Mansfield, Loughborough, Market Harborough, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Dunstable, St Albans, Barnet and Woolwich in south-east London. |
They were joined by military mascot Baxterbear and stayed at Territorial Army centres on the route. | They were joined by military mascot Baxterbear and stayed at Territorial Army centres on the route. |
Gen Monck - one of Cromwell's generals in the English Civil War - led 6,000 men on the march to seize control of Parliament and pave the way for the restoration of the exiled Charles Stuart as Charles II. | Gen Monck - one of Cromwell's generals in the English Civil War - led 6,000 men on the march to seize control of Parliament and pave the way for the restoration of the exiled Charles Stuart as Charles II. |
The regiment, originally known as Monck's Regiment of Foot, became based in the precincts of St James's Palace. |
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