Guillemont Commemoration 1st July 2007

[Groundhog]

Some photos of last Sunday's ceremony at Guillemont.



The MC was Dr Ian Adamson OBE, Chairman of the Somme Association.



Comdt Buckley repesented the DF and laid a wreath. The chap on his right is Capt G Mahood RIR. They are pictured below at the salute having laid their wreaths.





The Rev Ian Paisley made a nice speech.



Representatives from ONE above left and right. The lad in the middle gave a British salute so he's presumably from a British association.



RIR Bugler above to play the Last Post and Piper below to play a lament.

[rod and serpent]

Some good pics GH, are they yours.

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by rod and serpent

Some good pics GH, are they yours.

Yes. I was in France last weekend.

[Test Pilot]

Originally Posted by rod and serpent

Some good pics GH, are they yours.

I’d have been interested to have heard Rev. Paisley’s talk. In spite of all the ‘hell fire and brimstone’ speeches over the years, he worked very hard in his constituency for all the people there, BOTH Catholic and Protestant.

[rod and serpent]

I wonder if any IMO members of the Rangers were present.

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by rod and serpent

I wonder if any IMO members of the Rangers were present.

The whole band was at Thiepval on Sunday morning.







The director of operations.



Some of the Standard Bearers before the ceremony above and fell in below.





During the ceremony on the Thiepval Memorial.



The other Thiepval Memorial, on the village church a few hundred metres from the big one.



The Luftwaffe remains aloof.

[WES]

Originally Posted by Test Pilot

I’d have been interested to have heard Rev. Paisley’s talk. In spite of all the ‘hell fire and brimstone’ speeches over the years, he worked very hard in his constituency for all the people there, BOTH Catholic and Protestant.

He got straight out of his car and went into the catholic church at Guillemont.

[rod and serpent]

Originally Posted by WES

He got straight out of his car and went into the catholic church at Guillemont.

He`s a closet catholic.