Exeter's Armed Forces Day and the Royal Marines Freedom Parade
Saturday, 21 June 2025
- Time
- 11:00 - 14:00
- Venue
- Exeter City Centre, Exeter
- Price
- Free
Royal Marines (CTCRM) will be exercising their Freedom of the City
Around 150 Royal Marines from the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone (CTCRM) will march through Exeter city centre on Saturday 21 June to exercise the unit’s Freedom of the City.
The march through Exeter will also mark the city’s celebration of Armed Forces Day, which is held a week earlier in Exeter.
The Royal Marines were granted Freedom of the City in 1977. The honour grants the military unit the right ‘to march through the streets of the city with bayonets fixed, drums beating and Colours flying’.
Supporting the parade, which will be stepping off at 11am from Paris Street, will be His Majesty’s Band of the Royal Marines from Plymouth.
There will also be a number of military associations and cadets marching, along with the Barnstaple Youth Band.
A ‘Military Village’ will be set up on Exeter Cathedral Green, run by the 6th Battalion The Rifles, which will include recruitment stalls.
The march through Exeter will also mark the city’s celebration of Armed Forces Day, which is held a week earlier in Exeter.
The Royal Marines were granted Freedom of the City in 1977. The honour grants the military unit the right ‘to march through the streets of the city with bayonets fixed, drums beating and Colours flying’.
Supporting the parade, which will be stepping off at 11am from Paris Street, will be His Majesty’s Band of the Royal Marines from Plymouth.
There will also be a number of military associations and cadets marching, along with the Barnstaple Youth Band.
A ‘Military Village’ will be set up on Exeter Cathedral Green, run by the 6th Battalion The Rifles, which will include recruitment stalls.
Venue
Exeter City Centre
Exeter City Centre
Exeter
Dates
The event runs from 11:00 to 14:00 on the following dates.
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