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Aug 2021
Coronation Street actor's pride at inspecting Harrogate's graduating soldiers
Coronation Street actor Antony Cotton said yesterday was one of the "proudest days of his life" as he inspected graduating soldiers at the Army Foundation College.
The college on Pennypot Lane recruits about 1,500 men and women each year. It's the only British Army establishment that delivers military training to junior soldiers aged 16 and 17.
Around 750 soldiers graduated yesterday and the accompanying parade, which is the largest of its kind in Europe, featured a flypast from an RAF Typhoon.
The actor, who is gay and a LGBT campaigner, was invited to the event by the British Army and tweeted his pride at being asked:
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It was the first graduation to take place where soldiers walked under a memorial walkway dedicated to Captain Sir Tom Moore.
Lieutenant Colonel Farebrother MC, commanding officer at the AFC, praised the graduating soldiers.
He said:
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