The short service was led by the chaplaincy team with a pupil trumpeter playing the last post and a young piper the haunting lament. Staff and pupil representatives joined in a thoughtful service, particularly drawing attention to the Grove FPs who died in two world wars and subsequent conflicts.
This year had added poignancy because of the centenary of the outbreak of World War One in 1914. At a personal level, it was brought closer to home following my visit to Flanders in July when my wife and I attended the daily act of commemoration at the Menin Gate in Ypres.
