Name Antoon Verschoot | ||
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Antoon Verschoot, , Order of the Crown (Belgium) (Ypres, 19 June 1925 - 1 February 2017) was a Belgian firefighter and bugler who played the last post at the Menin Gate for many years.
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Background
On 12 December 2015, Antoon Verschoot played his last "Last Post" at the Menin Gate, after 65 years with the Ypres/Ieper fire brigade, which he joined in 1950. He became a bugler for the Last Post Association in 1954 making him the oldest and longest serving bugler with the Association. It is estimated the Verschoot has played at The Gate over 15,000 times.
References
Antoon Verschoot Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA