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| Lee / CO 101 / IJ |
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| CO 101 / 2IC 101 / IJ / lee |
Friday, 29 November 2019
Sunday, 10 November 2019
Saltwell Park 2019 - Field of Remembrance
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| IJ Saltwell Park 2019 |
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| Saltwell Park 2019 |
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| Saltwell Park 2019 |
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| Saltwell Park 2019 Other Conflicts Commemoration |
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| Saltwell ParkField of Remembrance 2019 WW1 Commemoration Tree |
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In Memory of Private Matthew Stephenson
8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
Lost as a POW on SS Scillin
14th November 1942
Commemorated on the Alamein Memorial
Remembrance Sunday 2019
Firing the light gun to mark the end of the two minute silence #RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget pic.twitter.com/roBxpegeHX
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| Remembrance Sunday Eldon Square 2019 |
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| Standard Bearers |
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| Band 5RRF |
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| Rest at Arms Reversed |
Firing the light gun to mark the end of the two minute silence #RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget pic.twitter.com/roBxpegeHX
— NewcastleCityCouncil (@NewcastleCC) November 10, 2019
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| Wreath Laying |
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| Service Representatives |
Friday, 4 October 2019
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Somme Battlefield Pipe Band - TS Visit
Visit from old friends of the Somme Battlefield Pipe Band (SBPB).
The SPBP promotes the music and history of Scottish soldiers and their Regiments during their time in Northern France and the Somme Area in 1914/1918, and during the second World War.
Many memorable occasions with the Somme Battlefield Pipe Band and the Tyneside Scottish.
Many memorable occasions with the Somme Battlefield Pipe Band and the Tyneside Scottish.
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Op Drum - Drum Ceremony
Ceremony held at Erquninghem Lys to receive the Catto Drum and return it back home to Tyneside.
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| Op Drum 2012 SBPB Erquninghem-Lys |
Op Drum - Menin Gate Ceremony
Parading at the Menin Gate, counter marching under the archways and marching down the Meninstrasse to the sounds of On the Road to Passchendaele.
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| Op Drum 201 SBPB Menin Gate Parade |
Alnwick - Beating of Retreat
Beating of Retreat at Alnwick Castle forming massed bands of the Tyneside Scottish, Somme Battlefield and Northumbria ACF Pipe Bands, together with the military Northumbria ACF Casino Band.
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| Alnwick Beating of Retreat 2015 SPBP march on |
Tyneside Scottish Visit
The SPBP visited the Tyneside Scottish as they returned from their tour of Scotland. The band performed together with the Tyneside Scottish Pipers.
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| Somme Battlefield Pipe Band |
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| Tyneside Scottish Pipers |
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| SBPB and TS Pipers |
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| SBPB Amelie (Drum) | SBPB Yves (Pipe Major) | TS Billy (Pipe Major) |
Friday, 19 July 2019
Aydon Castle
Aydon Castle is situated near Corbridge in Northumberland. It is positioned in a loop of the Cor Burn, which flows west to the River Tyne, the sides of which form a deep ravine. This makes an ideal defensive position with three sides of the castle having natural defences.
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| Aydon Castle |
The location began to be fortified when war between England and Scotland broke out in 1296 and by 1315. It's location 30 miles from the Scottish Border would see it involved in the conflicts between England and Scotland that followed over the centuries.
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| Aydon Castle |
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| Aydon Castle |
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| Aydon Castle Entrance Gate |
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| Aydon Castle Main Building |
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| Aydon Castle Battlements |
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| Aydon Castle |
The castle features the use of a catapults to defend it's self, Northumbrian Gunners 700 years ago !
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| Aydon Castle Catapult positions |
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| Aydon Castle Catapult positions |
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| Aydon Castle Catapult positions |
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| Aydon Castle Catapult OP |
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| Aydon Castle Catapult position |
Saturday, 15 June 2019
Durham - 8 Rifles Sound Retreat
Sounding Retreat is a ceremony conducted by the Rifles based upon the practice of using bugles as a means of communication which dates back to the 16th Century.
The Rifles were formed in 2007, it's lineage includes the Light Infantry (formed in 1968) which brought together county Light Infantry Regiments, one of which was the Durham Light Infantry (DLI).
Sounding Retreat is the Rifles equivalent of Beating Retreat. The Beating Retreat originated in the 16th century and was used to recall troops back to their quarters. Drums were used as a mechanism for communication. Drum calls would be exchanged between the troops outside the barracks and their headquarters. The returning troops would beat the retreat as they returned. As drums as a means of communication fell out of use, the practice developed into a ceremony.
The Light Infantry Regiments used bugles, not drums, to communicate. They Sounded Retreat, an exchange of bugle calls.
The 8 Rifles Sounding Retreat was performed on Castle Green, Durham by the Bugles of 8 Rifles, Durham ACF Cadet Band and Rifles Bugle Veterans.
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| Rifles Bugles Durham Market Square |
The Rifles were formed in 2007, it's lineage includes the Light Infantry (formed in 1968) which brought together county Light Infantry Regiments, one of which was the Durham Light Infantry (DLI).
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| Durham Light Infantry Memorial Durham Market Square |
Sounding Retreat is the Rifles equivalent of Beating Retreat. The Beating Retreat originated in the 16th century and was used to recall troops back to their quarters. Drums were used as a mechanism for communication. Drum calls would be exchanged between the troops outside the barracks and their headquarters. The returning troops would beat the retreat as they returned. As drums as a means of communication fell out of use, the practice developed into a ceremony.
The Light Infantry Regiments used bugles, not drums, to communicate. They Sounded Retreat, an exchange of bugle calls.
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| Light Infantry Bugler |
The 8 Rifles Sounding Retreat was performed on Castle Green, Durham by the Bugles of 8 Rifles, Durham ACF Cadet Band and Rifles Bugle Veterans.
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| Sounding Retreat Durham June 2019 |
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| Sounding Retreat Durham June 2019 |
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| Sounding Retreat Durham June 2019 |
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| Durham June 2019 IJ / DM |