EX-Boys Brigade members in Nottingham are taking part in a mini band tour to Belgium to celebrate the lives of thousands of Boys Brigade members who lost their lives in the First World War.
Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the war when the Bugles & Drums of The Stedfast Association, which includes ex-Boys Brigade members from Notts, will travel to Flanders and The Somme.
Around 60 band members from all over the UK will travel to Belgium on August 29 and return on September 2 next year. During this time they will attend a number of formal events and parades including parading and playing at the Ypres' Menin Gate War Memorial on two consecutive nights.
David Kemp, the founder of the band and former National Coordinator, said: "I am really pleased to see that the band continues to flourish under the guidance of Paul Hern, National Coordinator. It is especially pleasing to see the enormous amount of support this band trip has received already, with well over a year to go.
"What many people don't realise and to be honest I was one of them, is the numbers of Boys' Brigade members who enlisted in the early days of World War I.
"We are not talking hundreds, but tens of thousands, indeed one estimate has been put at well over 100,000 enlisted in the first few months alone."
More information about the tour can be found at www.boysbrigadeformermembers.BTCK.co.uk or by contacting Paul Hern on 01684 562426.
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