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Colchester: Town welcomes its troops home
1.48pm Wednesday 19th November 2008
Colchester came out to welcome its soldiers home from Afghanistan. Thousands of people lined the High Street yesterday, cheering and waving flags, as the men and women of the town’s 16 Air Assault Brigade marched past.
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