The Greater Game 2018
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Chelsea Pensioners
With no let-up for the band, Saturday July 7th saw the 17th Pals’ travel over to the Royal Hospital in Chelsea to perform and entertain the Chelsea Pensioners and their family and friends. Once again, the band performed for around an hour and as at Haven House, Steve gave a detailed talk during the performance about Clapton Orient major contribution to the Footballers’ Battalion during the Great War. Towards the end of the performance Steve showed everyone present Richard McFadden’s medals and spoke at length about the bravery of the…
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On Sunday 1st July – ‘Battle of the Somme Day’, the 17th Pals’ performed at the Haven House Summer Fair in recognition of the sterling work undertaken by the centre in Woodford Green and in particular the help and support given to Steve Jenkins’ family following the loss of his grandson Max last Year. In incredibly hot and uncomfortable conditions the band performed for an hour with Steve talking every so often about the O’s service and sacrifice in the Great War.
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O’s Somme Tour 2018
The 17th Pals’ Battalion Band, along with over two hundred Leyton Orient supporters and friends of the Club, travelled over to the battlefields of northern France in June,to pay their respects to the fallen of the Great War and in particular the players, staff and supporters of Clapton Orient who enlisted en masse into the 17th Bn Middlesex Regiment – The Footballers’ Battalion, during the Great War, particularly remembering William Jonas, George Scott and Richard McFadden who all made the ultimate sacrifice during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.…
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17th Pals’ Lead The St George’s Day Parade in Highams Park
Fresh from their successful performance at Leyton Orient the day before, the 17th Pals’ once again lead the St George’s Day Parade in Highams Park. On another hot and sunny day, the Band formed up on the Broadway before marching down Selwyn Avenue and round to Highams Park Baptist Church. Following the service, the band formed up outside the church before marching up Cavendish Road, into Winchester Road and and then the Broadway, before stopping at Signal Walk. The Band moved into position for a static performance after which Steve…
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17th Pals’ Smash Attendance Figures At The O’s!
The 17th Pals’ Battalion Band played in front of their biggest attendance to day when over five thousand people witnessed a first-class performance by the band – to be exact, 5166 cheered and clapped as stirring marches such as Bridlington, Shamrock and Officer Cadet were played. On a unseasonably hot scorching day, the 17th Pals’ commemorated and in some ways re-enacted Clapton Orient’s final league game of the season on 24th April 1915, when the team, having just beaten Leicester Fosse, change into their uniforms and march round the pitch…
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LOFC Tribute
Leyton Orient Football Club has a proud history, none more so than when O’s players, staff and officials, along with supporters joined-up en masse into the 17th Middlesex – The Footballers’ Battalion in the early months of the Great War. It is well documented that three Clapton Orient players – as the Club was known at the time, lost their lives during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 – William Jonas, Richard McFadden and George Scott. Thirteen others were wounded, including the goal-keeper Jimmy Hugall who was wounded three…
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Remembrance Day 2017
The popularity of the 17th Pals’ Battalion Band has led to a busy schedule of events, which as you would expect includes assisting and taking part in commemorations around the time of Remembrance Sunday. In 2017, and for the first time, the buglers were invited to take part in two separate ceremonies at the same time on the Saturday prior to Remembrance Sunday. Fortunately, the buglers were able to split into two teams with each doing the 17th Pals’ proud. Chingford Two buglers assisted The Royal British Legion at the…
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Pte Thomas Edwards VC
11th April 2007, commemoration service at St Mary’s Church, Chigwell for Pte Thomas Edwards VC The following text was published in the local Guardian: PTE Thomas Edwards (1861-1952) is buried at St. Mary’s Church, High Road, Chigwell. He was part of The Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch) attached to the Royal Navy during the Battle of Tamaai. The fighting was part a series of campaigns against an uprising led by the rebel Mahdi, who sought to remove the Sudan from Egyptian rule. Edwards was in a gun team responsible for carrying…
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