Parade Remembrance Leeds

Picture of parade on Remembrance Sunday Leeds.

The above picture is another photo from the Remembrance Sunday here in Leeds from two years back.

I could not make the service and parade here in Leeds at the cenotaph this last weekend.

This photo shows a Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) drilling the soldiers on parade in Victoria gardens adjacent to the cenotaph on the Headrow, Leeds. A warrant officer is the highest non-commissioned rank in the British Army, holding the Queen's (or King's) warrant, which is signed by the Secretary of State for Defence. In an infantry battalion the only WO1 would be the Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM). a WO1 wears the royal coat of arms on the lower sleeve.

Also in the picture is another Warrant Officer (wearing a crown on his lower sleeve on the left of the photo), but this is a Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) this rank is one step below WO1 and is signified by the crown.