In June 2003, the band was
one of several pipe bands invited to participate in the dedication ceremony of
the Juno Beach Centre in Normandy, France, the site of the Canadian landings
during D-Day in 1944. Twenty-two
members of the band traveled to England and France playing at several Canadian
and Allied battle fields, memorial services with the British Paratroopers
Association and the Normandy Veterans Association. Performances were also
conducted in London; Aldershot Military Base (a Canadian staging base during WW
II); at Portsmouth D-Day Museum; on the HMS Warrior and the HMS Victory (Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flag
ship) in Portsmouth Harbour; Vimy Ridge; Beaumont-Hamel; and the Pipers Memorial at
Longueval, France situated amidst the First World War battlefields.
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| Band in front of
museum in Aldershot, England |
Aldershot, England at a military base
where many Canadian troops were stationed prior to the D-Day invasion |
Band members at
Stonehenge, England |
Photo taken on top of the
Southsea Castle in Portsmouth, England |
Band playing at the War Museum in Portsmouth,
England |
Playing on the
deck of the HMS Warrior in Portsmouth, England |
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| Photo taken on the deck of the HMS
Warrior in dry
dock in Portsmouth |
On the ferry from
Portsmouth to LeHavre, France with Mr. & Mrs. Harry Hole |
Taking the ferry
from Portsmouth to LeHavre, France with Mr. & Mrs. Hole |
Marching to
ceremony in Courselle Sur Mer, France |
Band entering the memorial for the
Canadian Paratroopers at Les Mesnil de Bavent |
Massed Canadian
Pipe Bands at Juno Beach |
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| Massed Bands
stepping off at Juno Beach opening |
Posing in front of a WWII German concrete bunker
on Juno Beach |
Having lunch with a
choral group from New
Brunswick at Juno Beach |
Pipers with
a French
Gendarme at Les Mesnil de Bavent |
Canadian Airborne
vets at ceremony at Les Mesnil de Bavent |
British 8th Para
Batt.
veterans John Williams & Dennis O'Connor in red berets, British AIr
Commodore in Bowler hat, and British Para in green (passed away recently) at ceremony at Les Mesnil de Bavent |
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| Juno Beach with
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Hole |
U.S. Graveyard from D Day at Omaha
Beach |
Posing in front of a Canadian WWII tank
in Courselle Sur Mer. It was recovered from
the floor of the ocean off the coast of Juno Beach |
Playing at a local watering hole
for Canadian Soldiers in Courselle Sur
Mer after the opening ceremonies at Juno Beach |
Tuning pipes and tying plaids before the
performance with British Paratroopers at Gold Beach |
Having lunch with Mr. & Mrs. Harry Hole
before the performance for the British Airborne at Montgomery's statue at
Gold Beach |
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| Band with
Airborne vet from 1st Can Para in Troarn, France & British Airborne
veteran, 8th Para - Allan McKell on left (passed away Sept. 04) |
Band posing with local residents in WWII costumes
in the town square in Troarn, France |
Pipers relaxing after a performance in the town
square in Troarn, France |
Entertaining the
locals in Arras, France |
Marching into
Canadian WWI Graveyard at Vimy Ridge, France |
Playing at the
Canadian WWI Graveyard at Vimy Ridge, France |
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| Playing in the WWI Canadian Cemetery
#2 at Vimy
Ridge |
Back view of Vimy Ridge
memorial |
Band on back of
Vimy Ridge Memorial, France |
Playing on the
front side of the Vimy Ridge Memorial |
Playing in front
of the Vimy Ridge WWI memorial at the
Somme, France |
Several band members
in front of the Piper's Memorial on Longueval |
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| The Piper's Memorial in Longueval with the Mayor
of Longueval |
Playing at the
Piper's Memorial in Longueval, France |
Playing at the
Newfoundland War Memorial Park at Beaumont Hamel |
Playing at the
Newfoundland War Memorial Park at Beaumont Hamel |
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