Black Watch troops to parade through town

Soldiers from The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) will parade through Dunfermline on 15 September, to mark the end of their recent tour of Iraq.

The battalion has been undertaking a training and mentoring role in Iraq, on Operation Shader, qualifying the Iraqi Security Forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga in military skills, as part of the UK contribution to the international fight against Islamic State.

The soldiers deployed on the six-month tour to Al Assad Airbase, west of Baghdad.