As part of the Ypres Tour in 2017, the band was honoured to parade in the Town Square as well as at the world-famous Menin Gate, during which the buglers took part in the Last Post ceremony when they played ‘Reveille’, pairing up with the Ypres Fire Brigade buglers who play ‘Last Post’ each evening at 8pm local time. This was without doubt the proudest moment to date for everyone connected with the 17th Pals’ Battalion Band since its formation in 2012.
Read MoreFurther to the overwhelming success of the O’s Somme Tour in 2016 and the staging of The Greater Game later in the year, it was felt that a first ever tour of the Ypres Salient should take place in 2017. Due to this being the inaugural visit to Ypres and surrounding area, organiser Steve Jenkins felt that only two coaches should be booked, particularly as much of the tour would involve driving through narrow road and lanes and included more urban locations than experienced on the Somme. This still meant…
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