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The film begins with the Mayor (Mr Alderman A Roberts) and other members of the council making their way to the parish church of Saint Wulfram where the Mayor lays a wreath at the war memorial. We then see soldiers from the 6th Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment on parade, which is followed by footage of men at long tables receiving plates of food. From this dining room we are shown a meeting in the council chambers of the Guildhall in Grantham where the honour is officially conferred on the Battalion. Subsequently the town cleark reads the title deed on the steps of the Guildhall to seated dignitaries, the Battalion and others. Colonel EJ Grinling, the Honorary Colonel of the Battalion, then receives the deed and addresses the crowd. The mayor, Colonel Grinling and former commanding officers of the battalion (Lt Col SB Harrison, Brig D Peel-Yates and Lt Col FCL Bell) inspect the troops. The film ends with a marching band leading a march past.
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An intertitle identifies the ex-commanding officers of the battalion as Lt. Col. S.B. Harrison DSO TD, Brigadier D Peel-Yates DSO OBE and Lt. Col. FCL Bell DSO MC. The Mayor of Grantham, Alderman Roberts, was the father of Margaret Thatcher (British Prime Minister from May 1979 to November 1990).
The film was shot by Walter Lee who was born in 1891 in Grantham in Lincolnshire. He had a photographic business in the town and during the Second World War he was the 'official' photographer for a number of organisations including a local munitions factory. He also took pictures in his studio that were used in passbooks and security and identity cards.
The Lincolnshire Film Archive holds the camera original for this title.