Liverpool Scottish
Ypres/Ieper Visit
Updated 30th May 2002 - Please read the details carefully
Major Updates are in the following
areas
The
Programme
Procedure
at the Menin Gate
Addition
of Sjt CW Ormesher's Name to Menin Gate
May 2002 Museum
Newsletter on the Site
Link
to the Last Post Association - Ieper
Coach Victor leaves
from Liverpool on Saturday 15th June 2002
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pass this news on to those who might be interested but are not on
the Internet
Contact: Information (other than
booking)
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General
There will be a
Liverpool Scottish visit to Ieper (Ypres) over the period of
Saturday/Sunday/Monday 15th/16th/17th June 2002.
The focus is the sad but fascinating case of Sjt. Ormesher.
Acting
Serjeant Charles William Ormesher of Liverpool Scottish was
listed as 'missing' after the Battle of Hooge on June 16th 1915.
His mother remained convinced that he was still alive and
went as far as obtaining the diplomatic intervention of the King
of Spain through his ambassador to the German Court. Maybe for
this reason he is not listed amongst the dead by the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) and his name appears on
no CWGC memorial. The CWGC has now accepted our case for
recognition, made by the Museum, and is to place Sjt.
Ormesher's name on the Menin Gate in Ieper. detail of the inscription is below
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n a separate development, the Last Post Association
(LPA) invited Regiments of the British Army to nominate
individuals who would be specifically remembered each evening at
the Last Post ceremony in Ieper (Ypres) over the year from the 25
000th Last Post in October 2001. We have nominated Sjt.
Ormesher and his name will be central to the Last Post Ceremony
of Sunday 16th June 2002. As a result of our
nomination he is featured in the recent book 'At the Going
Down of the Sun - 365 Soldiers of the Great War' (Authors Ian
Connerty [LPA], Sir Martin Gilbert, Peter Hart, Nigel
Steel [IWM] and Lyn Macdonald). The photograph on the left
shows Sgt Ormesher and Privates Banner and Waterhouse on Hill 60
in the Ypres Salient probably about March 1915. The photograph to the left is from the album of John
Bloor Watkinson, a member of the Liverpool Scottish who survived
the war, and is from a print generously donated by his
grand-daughter, Carol Williams. The reverse of the print bears
the words 'All killed'.
The present
TA battalion, The King's and Cheshire Regiment (Lt Colonel Simon
Bell, commanding), is giving full support. We hope that as many
members of the Liverpool Scottish family as possible will wish to
make this trip using either 'Coach
Victor' or travelling with the Old and Bold or journeying independently. If you
intend to travel independently it would be helpful to inform Major Ian Riley (click for e-mail).
Colonel Alan Waterworth (Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of
Merseyside) and Mrs. Waterworth are travelling with the party.
- 'Coach
Victor' will leave Liverpool at 9 am on the morning of
Saturday 15th June. As the Last Post ceremony connected
to Sgt Ormesher is to be on Sunday 16th June, the coach
for those who wish to be based in hotel accommodation in
Ieper/Ypres itself will depart from Liverpool on
Saturday 15th June (9 am) and return
in the late evening of Monday 17th June (9 pm estimated).
Accommodation is in hotels in the centre of
Ieper. HQ Hotel is the Albion Hotel near the town centre
- Independent
Travel. If you intend to travel independently
it would be very helpful to
inform us (ilriley@liverpoolscottish.org.uk) so that we can
get a better idea of numbers and ensure that everybody is
kept informed.
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Booking
and Payment
This is being handled by
Captain AG McConnell of the King's and Cheshire Regiment and all queries
regarding this should go to him
Captain AG McConnell:
0151 226 7000 (TA Centre)
Mobile: 07736 441651
gordonmac@onetel.net.uk
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Programme
The following is a
final programme for 'Coach Victor'. It is hoped
that those travelling independently will join us for the service at St George's and at the
Liverpool Scottish Memorial as well as at the Menin Gate. All times are local.
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Procedure
at the Menin Gate
At the Menin Gate,
there will be the Dobcross Silver Band and a party from Birmingham Royal British
legion
- Attention
Buglers (Last Post Association - Ieper Fire Brigade)
- Short Prayer
Rev. Ray Jones , Chaplain of the St Georges Memorial Church
- Hymn
Dobcross Silver Band
- Citation of the Fallen of the Day
: Sergeant Charles W. Ormesher (Liverpool Scottish) +16-06-1915
- Last Post
Buglers LP
- Exhortation
Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside , Colonel Alan Waterworth
- One minute of Silence
- Lament
Liverpool Scottish
- Wreathlaying
together with a second Hymn by the Dobcross Silver Band
- Reveille
Buglers (Last Post Association - Ieper Fire Brigade)
- National Anthems -
Dobcross Silver Band
- End of Ceremony
- March Off
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Sjt
Ormesher's Name on the Menin Gate
.All the addenda panels on the Menin Gate are in the loggias
(i.e. not
in the central hall, but on the the colonnaded outer walls, high on the
ramparts. Sergeant Ormesher's name is on the eastern addenda panel in the
southern loggia. The southern loggia is on the right-hand side when
approaching the memorial from the town. The eastern addenda panel is the
one nearest the town side. In other words, Ormesher's name can be found
near the front right hand corner of the memorial (coming from the town), but up
on top of the ramparts. On the addenda panel itself, the name is on the
right hand side, some 12-15 feet up (i.e. about halfway) [Information from Ian
Connerty - Last
Post Association - Ieper]
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The organising
committee for the event and for 'Coach Victor' consists
of Lt Colonel CTJ Harris TD and Messrs Evans, Riley, Boulter,
McConnell, Brimage and Brown.
Menin Gate Image
The
image of the Menin Gate is taken by permission from a watercolour
by Aurel Sercu of the Diggers
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