The Orient Buglers & Pipes – The Somme 2006 (The First Wave)
Further to the interest gained following Several Acts of Remembrance held on the pitch at a Leyton Orient home match on the Saturday nearest to Remembrance Sunday, along with the successful publication of Stephen Jenkins’ book They Took The Lead in 2005, which tells the remarkable true story of Clapton Orient’s major contribution to the 17th Bn Middlesex Regiment – The Footballers’ Battalion, in the Great War, Steve took it upon himself to liaise with Vic Brandon of the Leyton Branch Royal British Legion, about the logistics and possibility of…
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