Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Oct 19, 2011
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After thousands attended the official ceremony last Sunday, during which Princess Anne presented Letters Patent on behalf of the Queen, we here at the History Centre would also like to pay tribute to the role the town has made on behalf of the repatriated military personnel and their families.
To do this I thought we could take an eclectic look back at some other moments in time when Wootton Basset people also played their part…
