| Unique ID | CWGC/1/1/9/B/29 |
| Alt Ref No | ADD 1/1/139 |
| Title | Menin Gate Memorial - Sounding of Last Post (F 868/1/1/5 PT.1) |
| Description | Main topics: origins and subsequent endowment of ceremony by South Eastern area of British Legion; "Sunday Express" attack on Belgian conduct of Last Post ceremony; reports of disorderly conduct at Menin Gate; restoration of ceremony after liberation in World War 2; suspension of bugler for drunkenness; letter of appreciation sent to Burgomaster by Commission; donations from public towards ceremony. |
| Date | 10/7/1928 - 29/7/1963 |
| Content Note | Includes: Booklet: British Legion; Surrey County; 1935 Easter Tour to Belgium and the Menin Gate.Letter re R. Kipling's endowment of Last Post at Loos; 22 Nov. 1949.Reproduction of drawing of Last Post ceremony; by A Goethals van Reck; no date.Order of ceremony and procession at Ypres re British Legion Battlefields Pilgrimage; 8 Aug. 1928.Photocopy; House of Commons Official Report; question re Menin Gate ceremony; 23 Nov. 1978. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Collection | Archive |
| Category | Archive |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/4 | Kipling; (Joseph) Rudyard (1865-1936); writer and poet | 1865-1936 |