Lone piper at Thiepval cemetery the Somme #1

[piper102206]

Ah, Sinclair pipes!

[thereelpiper]

Tune your drones.

[thereelpiper]

Tune ur drones.

[malcolmcog]

My Grandfather fought at the Somme. For him this was just another battle, he was a soldier who did his duty, no more no less.

[dcarrero26]

may favorite song...uu-rah!

[snedie69er]

I cried to this video.

[thereelpiper]

@snedie69er

Me too, the pipes were so far out of tune.

[666darkhawk]

I'm not long back from a history trip with my school. We visited this graveyard :( may everyone of those soliders rest in peace

[THthefirst]

@skaindu please...out of respect for the dead...keep your mouth shut

[Lynnefromlyn]

I'm not a fan of bagpipes, (ducks, hastily) but searching for the Battle of the Somme music stumbled upon this. Brought genuine tears to my eyes, so poignant, this kilted Piper paying his respects to long gone heroes. Humbling. Thank you.

[ourpeoplesvoice]

NEVER FORGET THEM , NEVER !

[ecnpatbhbnz4lyf]

nice piping, apart from some uneven blowing and a flat high a and some rushed doublings, good job good cause

[theblacksheep1000]

Very nice thank you, it reminds me of my grandpa he was in the 101st in WW2

[0Zolrender0]

may "Scotland the Brave" play eternally for the fallen scots of all battles

[AndrewMacedonia]

rip soldiers

[threenothing]

oh dear. drones very out of tune.

[sr633]

A piper playing in reverance of the dead is special and always should be there if you care about someone.

[willHawk1948]

One of my relatives a Henry(Harry) Blows is buried here. He was one of the men who accompanied the first tank attack from what I have been able to learn. RIP

Lest we forget....

[pythag123]

Rest in peace, Uncle Jack, in which ever graves your body found itself in. No one in our family will forget you. When our kids grow older they will understand why we beat it into their heads... so machine guns wouldn't.

[sabradan]

@pythag123 That was absolutely beautiful.

[vistighe]

Magnifique ! MERCI! Aux Poilus et Tommies tombés sur la Somme.

From Corsica FRANCE.

[bremner006]

Untill you visit a Place like the Somme or thiepval, and see the names of thousands of soldiers who have dies for the right of Britian and it's freedom, but what is more touching, 1 to every 2 graves will only bare " A soldier of the Great War, Known Unto God" No Name just a gravestone, Not many of you will understand the pain of that. "Only one day will we understand the horror of the Great war

[andycraig75]

my mistake. i shouldnt let myself get wound up so easily. yes you are right it was ww1. just shows how family arguments can get out of hand.

one of the worst thing is that a lot of these lifes wouldnt have been lost if the commanders had used tactics instead of just sending them over the top. the officers always knew best

[bremner006]

What were they mean't to do, military revolution mean't they had to dig trenches, if one side did, the other would have to. the war was on a more defensive scale, as long as they germans didn't progress it was ok, until the commanders realised they had to push right into Germany to arrest the Kasier who by then had already fled to Holland, Adolf Hitler was only a Soldier then, Where he earned his iron Cross, Nobody knew what would unfold 22 years later.

[andycraig75]

coltron get a life. hitler was getting ready to invade the british isles and take over all of europe. as for not being heros they died so that we would be free. anyone that gives up his life for the greater good of others is a hero

[twheeler08]

Obviously you have no idea what war the battle of the somme or Thiepval was in. WWI mate not WWII. Great Britain was not under threat in WWI, it joined the war to defend France and Belgium.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

Sad to say, but the majority of military personnel who give their lives do so to save their mates!

The 'Big picture' is probably the last thing on a soldier's mind as he charges a machine gun nest or shields his mates from enemy fire!

Its a local thing I think you'll find.

And lets us not forget, in WWI, if you didn't fight, then the chances were that the firing squad was awaiting you.

I mean no disrespect to any fighting men (in any war, on any side!) but please, lets get some perspective!

[colotron]

they didnt die for freedom

Britain was at no threat from Germany if she hadnt went in to defend Belgium we would have been fine

[SidandCoke]

it's called standing up for your principles

[rawrblackman]

So if some guy is having the shit beat out of him you would just stand and watch? We went to war to defend those who could not defend themselves against mass armies invading. It is called being loyal and showing respect.

[stevie301271]

Probably, because now adays there are all those eejits that will stick a knife in you for just saying stop that . As you walk by with your family.

[colotron]

i hate people saying they were heroes they werent heroes they died for nothing they didnt even know what they died for people say tthey died for theyre country but they didnt Britiain wasnt at threat from Germany they didnt get on but they werent at war

[babybarclay]

the died for something they belived in that makes them heros showd the had gut unlike you asshole

[Fireme123]

They died for the single greatest thing a person can have, freedom. They didn't just do it for them selfs, they did it for others, and that is heroic.

[liz4205]

Germany planned to go all the way to the sea. And, remember, their society pre-WW1 was militaristic then, too. The Allies were indeed fighting for their freedom.

[RoryGarbutt]

(sniff, sniff) whats that smell? oh its shite. just like you. you fillistien

[ChinaGroom]

True, that this war wasn't the "War to end all wars", but my Dad and the other WWI veterans believed it at the time.

They're almost all gone now, but this former soldier, son of a soldier, and father of another, will never forget them or what they did.

[Grubles]

@ChinaGroom Thumbs up simply does not do your comment justice. Well said!!!!

[jellowned]

What is the name of this tune? I am a beginning piper and would like to find the sheet music to this

[wgp1234]

The Mist Covered Mountains

[billyconnearly]

The Flooers o' the Forest

[jamesrobtonyadams]

I went to Thiepval last October. It's also a very interesting contrast to go to the (German) Langemarke cemetery, after the war, Germany obviously had a very weak economy, and couldn't afford very many graves, so there is about 15 people in each one, and it's all black marble (very dark because of all the oak trees), not white individual headstones.

[samuself]

aye Thiepval is a very sad place and as an Englishman it is a terrible place but my heart weeps to see the pure sadness that radiates from Langemarke. especially the statues of the forgotten figures at the rear of the cemetary, the black marble must have been fitting for a place of death that buried the heroes of a broken nation.

[gert83]

Don't forget also though the hostility towards the Germans post war, particularly in France. I think Langemarke was nearly the only concession the Germans got to bury their soldiers where they fell - other remains had to be repatriated under the terms of Versailles, or so I believe. There are certainly photos of trains loaded up with coffins heading back to Germany post 1918.

[JSEggestone]

This is completely inaccurate. The reason because of the flat, dark coloured headstones, is because after WWII the Belgians were fed up after being invaded twice. They told the Germans to dig up all their dead (they had more cemeteries than the British) and out them in the land that the Belgians had allocated. The Germans had to comply and put them in 4-100 per grave. They ran out of room so they put 25,000 men in a big pit in the middle. The Belgians only allowed them flat, dark headstones.

[littlefilipino]

I love this song, it goes well with the song "burning of the pipers hut"

[samuself]

i was there about 4 months after and i laid the wreath at the Menin gate ceremony. RIP all who fell.

[ultradumbass]

sad thing is this war never ended all wars. the unfortunate truth is there will always be world wars.

[billythehobbit]

sad and beautiful at the same time...

[FatTonyCologino]

very true

[hilly1690]

god bless my grandfathers brother is on the memorial peter hill aged 19 from belshill