That Last Post vs Southampton

Absolutely stunning Yesterday, always brings a tear to my eye as well.

I do remember a few Years ago someone absolutely butchering it and the video went viral, a few of the Players were desperately trying not to laugh, obviously possibly the worst time anyone could ever think of laughing but it was awful, always felt sorry for the poor bugger who played it.
 
M23 Citizen said:
He was bang on wasn’t he?

Something that always annoys me with all this is though is the crowds and their clapping. It’s not a talent contest, we aren’t supposed to applaud it.

When the managers bring out the wreaths to after the end of The Last Post, it’s supposed to remain a silence throughout.
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Yeah, we didn't have a minute's silence yesterday. Brilliant bugling, but it would have been even better had it concluded a minute's silence.
 
Yeah totally agree I said yesterday it's the best I have ever heard it played. Hats off to whoever it was.
 
Pablo123 said:
You definitely should , there’s a bunch of us who’ve been going over there for the last 17 years.
Going to the Somme next July .
Just out of interest did they come home or did they fall over there .
Regardless you should find out where they fought and visit , I can promise you it will be worth it .
Respect to your grandfathers .
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They came back. It’s a bit of a story but both from my Mum’s side. It was my Grandad (my Mum’s Dad). I have his medals, some of his signing off papers and his actual sign off paper/card. Passed down to me when my eldest brother passed away a couple of years ago. Also my Mum’s Grandfather (her Mum’s, father, my Great-Grandad) served in France. I only found out when looking at our family history that he served. I never actually saw him but my older brother and sisters did. I have found out he served in the Manchester Regiment and then in the Royal Engineers but not found much else. I don’t know an awful lot about my Grandad’s service either other than he was gassed and I know he told my brother he hated it in the War. My Grandad was a very quiet, gentle, harmless man. He went on to become an air raid warden in Burnage during WWII. I have some of his items from then too.
 
normskih said:
They came back. It’s a bit of a story but both from my Mum’s side. It was my Grandad (my Mum’s Dad). I have his medals, some of his signing off papers and his actual sign off paper/card. Passed down to me when my eldest brother passed away a couple of years ago. Also my Mum’s Grandfather (her Mum’s, father, my Great-Grandad) served in France. I only found out when looking at our family history that he served. I never actually saw him but my older brother and sisters did. I have found out he served in the Manchester Regiment and then in the Royal Engineers but not found much else. I don’t know an awful lot about my Grandad’s service either other than he was gassed and I know he told my brother he hated it in the War. My Grandad was a very quiet, gentle, harmless man. He went on to become an air raid warden in Burnage during WWII. I have some of his items from then too.
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Stories that deserve to be remembered and passed down.

I had an uncle who served in the 1914-18 War, he told a story of falling into a shell hole in no man's land along with a German and saying to him "I won't hurt you if you won't hurt me" and both making it back to their own lines. Smart lads.
He survived the war then worked 30 years in the coal mines, died of black lung disease & smoking. For all I could complain about it's memories like these that make me understand how fortunate I've been by comparison, thanks anyway to the NHS and a good grammar school.
 
normskih said:
They came back. It’s a bit of a story but both from my Mum’s side. It was my Grandad (my Mum’s Dad). I have his medals, some of his signing off papers and his actual sign off paper/card. Passed down to me when my eldest brother passed away a couple of years ago. Also my Mum’s Grandfather (her Mum’s, father, my Great-Grandad) served in France. I only found out when looking at our family history that he served. I never actually saw him but my older brother and sisters did. I have found out he served in the Manchester Regiment and then in the Royal Engineers but not found much else. I don’t know an awful lot about my Grandad’s service either other than he was gassed and I know he told my brother he hated it in the War. My Grandad was a very quiet, gentle, harmless man. He went on to become an air raid warden in Burnage during WWII. I have some of his items from then too.
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Great story , hard to imagine what life was like for them when they came back .
Marriage , jobs , raising families it must of been hard to adjust back to a normal lifestyle.
We were staying in Flanders at an air bnb at a place called Reninghelst which had a small CWGC cemetery there, it wasn’t till a couple of years later that my cousin found our great uncle was buried there.
 
I noticed he was playing it on a cornet rather than a bugle...I'm not sure if that makes it harder or easier but an amazing performance either way, real subtlety in there
 
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