5.9K views · 163 reactions | A Manchester regiment has been awarded the Freedom of the City. The 209 Battery, the 103 Regiment Royal Artillery, was conferred the honour in St Peter's Square after a military parade tthrough the city. | BBC Manchester | Facebook

Slow motion firing a 17th Century matchlock musket! It's such an incredible sight to see the process slowed right down. Please note: ALL activities shown are undertaken safely by trained historical reenactors under close and careful supervision. The 'matchlock' musket is so called because it relies on a piece of match – thin rope soaked in a solution of potassium nitrate, known as 'saltpetre', which burns slowly and consistently – to ignite the gunpowder. The match is held in a 'serpent' on the

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Mortar teams from the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment's 'D' company filmed in action in a suburb north of 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, 25 October 1944. Film: IWM A70 183-5 | Imperial War Museum London

Manchester United players clap the fans who have travelled to Bilbao after collecting their medals 🏅 | Manchester United - Manchester Evening News

The Princess of Wales bought a round of drinks for troops at Wellington Barracks to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Kate made the touching gesture during her first return to the parade ground since she revealed her cancer diagnosis last year. Money was put behind the bars serving junior guardsmen and officers at the military barracks in Westminster, central London, to mark the Irish Guards’ 125th anniversary. Before the parade, Kate, who is colonel of the regiment presented operational medals to sol