Memorial Dedication 2000
The Dedication Weekend - July 2000
The programme was
29th July2000
- 0900 hrs Chavasse Grave, Brandhoek New Military Cemetery - View
- 1000 hrs 'In Flanders Fields Museum', Ieper - View
- 1230 hrs Depart from Ieper for Hooge battlefield - View
- 1400 hrs Depart Hooge for Tyne Cot Military Cemetery
- 1700 hrs Unveiling and Dedication Ceremony near RE Grave Memorial on the Hooge battlefield - View
- 1800 hr Reception at the Hooge Crater Museum
- 2000 hrs Menin Gate Last Post Ceremony (different page) - View
- 2045 hrs Liverpool Scottish Officers' Association Supper and Presentation of Ieper Pipe Banner (different page) - View
30th July2000
- 1030 hrs Morning service at St. George's Memorial Church (Preacher, the Rev Canon Nicholas Frayling)
- 1130 hrs Reception at George's Memorial Church Hall
- 1230 hrs Main Body depart for UK
The Photographs
Many of the photographs used here were taken by Chris Barker of the Army's Media Ops and are therefore Crown Copyright. The remainder where taken by the Public Relations staff of the town of Ieper are copyright. The originals of the Army photos are in a very large digital form. The photos used here been resized and adjusted for contrast and brightness when necessary. It may be possible to copy these photos for friends of the Liverpool Scottish for personal use only.
The Weekend in Detail
Piper Richard Grisedale played his own adaptation of the late Pipe Sgt Gly Pritchard's tune 'Captain Noel Chavasse'.
Chavasse Grave at Brandhoek
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Visit to 'In Flanders Fields' Museum:
Many of the party visited the 'In Flanders Field Musuem' in Ieper where they were welcomed and addressed by Mr. Piet Chielens, Director.
While a Pipes and Drums contingent played in Ieper Town Square, at the Memorial Dedication as well as at the Menin Gate Last Post Ceremony.
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Hooge battlefield/Tyne Cot visit
The tour was guided by Major Boulter and Major Tony Swift. A graphic picture of the battlefield was painted by Major Swift who had carried out considerable research to deliver his presentation.
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The Unveiling and Dedication Ceremony
About 150 people came with the Liverpool Scottish party from the UK including the Lord and Lady Mayoress of Liverpool (Councillor Edwin Clein and Councillor Pamela Clein), the High Sheriff of Merseyside (Mr William Fulton) and the Rector of Liverpool (Canon Nicholas Frayling). The High Sheriff's great uncle, Wilfred Coop, was killed in the charge at Hooge as a member of the Liverpool Scottish. The Belgian civic representation included the Governor of West Flanders (an appointment of His Majesty the King of he Belgians), the Burgemeester of Ieper (Mr Luc Dehaene) and the Deputy Burgemeester, Alderman Frans Lignel. Piet Chielens , Director of the 'In Flanders Fields Museum' led a group of local residents on a battlefield tour who then joined us for the dedication. A group of WW1 re-enactors in uniform, encountered outside the Hooge Crater Museum, joined as colourful and most welcome guests at the dedication.
The Acts of Remembrance and Dedication were led by the Rector of Liverpool, Canon Nicholas Frayling, and Father Boni Van Looveren from Ieper. There service was conducted in English and Dutch. The stone was handed to the Lord Mayor of Liverpool by Lt Col CTJ Harris, and the Lord Mayor handed into the safekeeping of the Stad Ieper. Alderman Lignel replied on behalf of the Burgemeester.
The Burgemeester of Ieper and the Lord Mayor of Liverpool jointly unveiled the memorial. The space around the memorial was limited which added to the intimacy of the occasion.
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The Reception
Those attending the dedication walked through the woodland past Bellewaarde Farm (Mr and Mrs Walter Huyghebaerts) and moved on to the Reception hosted by the town of Ieper at the Hooge Crater Museum.
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Chavasse Grave at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery: A simple wreath laying took place at the grave of Captain Noel Chavasse VC and Bar MC. A wreath was laid by Major David Evans and a poppy cross was laid as a family tribute by Captain Edgar Chavasse.