On 29th October, broadcast live on Sky TV, a RAF trumpeter sounded the Last Post at Queen’s Park Ranger’s Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium.
RAF Musician, Sergeant Ringham, a life long QPR supporter, stepped out onto the pitch to sound the Last Post in front of fans as part of the annual Remembrance match.
"To be able to sound the Last Post at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium once more has been such an amazing experience."
Sergeant Ringham
RAF Musician
Sergeant Ringham has sounded the Last Post at the Remembrance match for a number of years, but due to COVID-19 was unable to do so last year. Instead, he sent a video which was shown on the big screens in the stadium for the players, and broadcast live on the internet to fans around the world.
QPR were one of 55 clubs from the football league who lost men in World War One. The majority served with the 17th Middlesex which was known as the Footballers’ Battalion, being made up of nearly 200 professional footballers.
QPR lost 11 men in the First World War; they were:
- Albert Butler
- Joseph Dines
- Albert Edwards
- Oscar Linkson
- Evelyn Lintott
- John Pennifer
- Harry Thornton
- John Tosswill
- Frank Cannon
- Robert McClaren Law
- Albert Rogers
On 29th October 2021, before the match against Nottingham Forest, QPR remembered those that had fallen. A commemorative plaque at the stadium continues to honour the dead.
"As well as remembering the QPR players who were lost in the war, Remembrance is also about paying tribute to all those who have lost their lives serving their country and it's important to keep that going, as in years to come we will be remembering those serving now."
Sergeant Ringham
RAF Musician
