Lament for lost Manx lives on Flanders visit

Speaker of the Keys Steve Rodan will pay tribute to Manx men and women who fell in the First World War on a visit to Flanders battle field sites next week.

He will represent the Isle of Man on a tour of military cemeteries, war graves and peace parks, organised by the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly.

A large delegation will travel to the continent from Ashford in Kent by Eurotunnel on Monday (20 October), ahead of the Assembly's sitting. 

During the day, Mr Rodan will play a lament on his bagpipes at one of the cemeteries and the tour will end with the Last Post ceremony at Menin Gate, Ypres.

He says parliamentarians will visit a selection of war cemeteries:

 

Pictured: Menin Gate memorial, Ypres, Belgium.

 

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