Lance Sgt ‘Larry’ Freeman … with Pace Stick

 ... because he had passed the Guards Drill Course at Pirbright (the Guards Depot at that time) and was therefore entitled to carry it on parade.  He was Platoon Sgt for ‘C’ Pn during my time in Recruit Coy in 1963, an amiable but ‘stickler’ of an ambassador for the Coldstream Guards.