Menin Gate
: The
Liverpool Scottish serving element of the King's and
Cheshire Regiment marched a short distance to the Menin
Gate with the Old Comrades and the standard of the
Liverpool Scottish Regimental Association. They were
joined by the standard party of the Hounslow Royal
British Legion. The main party from Hounslow RBL was
already paraded at the Gate. 
After the Last Post, the
lament, 'Flowers of
the Forest' was played by Piper
Grisdale. This is the background music to this
page and can be heard by clicking the link provided. He carried
the Ieper pipe banner which was to be presented to the
town by the Liverpool Scottish later that evening.
Wreaths were laid by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool,
Councillor Edwin Clein, and by Mr William Fulton, who is
the High Sheriff of Merseyside. 
Wreaths were also laid on
behalf of the serving element of the Liverpool Scottish,
the Liverpool Scottish Regimental Association and the
Liverpool Scottish Army Cadet Force Unit. 
A wreath was laid by Mr
Paul Spenley of the
Liverpool Institute Old Boys Association. The Institute
was a renowned Liverpool School and some scores of their
Old Boys died with the Liverpool Scottish during the
First World War.
A special
link has been provided to a higher quality picture (122Kb
file) of WO2 John Pollock of
Merseyside ACF laying a wreath on behalf of his
detachment - Click here. Mr Fulton
was introduced to the buglers of the Ieper Fire Brigade
by Mr Guy Gruwez MBE AOM, Chairman of the Last Post
Committee The standards of the Liverpool Scottish and the
Hounslow Royal British Legion were led off parade by the
Liverpool Scottish Pipes and Drums contingent.
History and Background - Unveiling and Dedication - Menin Gate and Subsequent Events
Museum Main Page - Contact the Liverpool Scottish Museum
Liverpool
Scottish Officers' Association: The
Liverpool Scottish Officers' Association (President:
Captain Edgar Chavasse, Chairman: Major David Evans TD)
and friends held its dinner at 'The Trompete',
a
restaurant almost immediately beside the Stadhuis (Town
Hall) in the Grote Markt in Ieper. The guests were the
Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Liverpool, the High
Sheriff of Merseyside, the Rector of Liverpool, the
Deputy Burgemeester of Ieper and Mrs Lignel, Major and
Mrs Tony Swift, Mr and Mrs Piet Chielens and Mr Fernand
Vanrobaeys and Ms Rose Wildermeersch. Piper Richard
Grisdale (courtesy of the Commanding Officer of the 1st
Bn. The Highlanders), who had previously served in
Liverpool Scottish, played after dinner and 
Captain
Edgar Chavasse and Piper Grisdale
presented
the Ieper pipe banner to the town on behalf of the
Liverpool Scottish. Details of
the design of this banner can be on the Liverpool Scottish Pipe
Banner page (which is 'up' but on which
work is in progress) and on the Ieper
Banner Design page (which is 'up' but on
which much remains to be completed)
