FEATURES
NICHOLAS BUCKLEY PLAYS THE LAMENT IN THE QUADRANGLE . BELOW : WHITE CROSSES COMMEMORATE SCOTCH COLLEGIANS ' SACRIFICES
In conditions necessarily altered by COVID-19 considerations , on Wednesday 11 November Scotch remembered Old Boys and staff members who died in or as a result of World Wars I and II .
Year 7 boys , class by class ( rather than as a full year group as in previous years ), placed crosses and three Magen Davids for the 222 Old Boys and five staff members currently known to have died as a result of World War I and 378 crosses for the 377 Old Boys and one staff member currently known to have died in or as a result of World War II .
Boys met in their form / tutor rooms for the Remembrance Day Assembly , live-streamed from Memorial Hall . During the Assembly , School Principal , Tom Batty , spoke of the significance of Armistice Day , 11 November , now known as Remembrance Day : ‘ This time and this day have become the occasion for us to reflect and remember the sacrifice made in all wars ,’ he said .
School Council Chairman , the Hon Dr David Kemp AC (’ 59 ) read the Ode to the Fallen , Max Kelly ( Year 10 ) played The Last Post , Alex Meggitt ( Year 11 ) read from the Book of Micah , School Chaplain , the Rev Doug Campbell , delivered the homily and prayer , and Jack Robertson ( Year 11 ) spoke of the significance of the markers in the Quadrangle , giving brief accounts of five Old Boys who died in war .
Alex Cross ( Year 11 ) related the story of Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae , the Canadian soldier who wrote the famous poem , In Flanders Fields . Alex then recited the poem . After the benediction , solo piper Nicholas Buckley completed the Assembly as he played the Lament in the Quadrangle .
Scotch will never forget those who served and died for their country .
A different Remembrance Day Assembly
COVID-19 CHANGES THE WAY SCOTCH REMEMBERS ITS WAR DEAD
26 Great Scot Issue 161 – December 2020