Poignant steel drum rendition of the Last Post

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The Last Post has been played on a steel drum to honour the 1,500 British West Indian volunteers killed during the First World War.

The rendition of the Last Post, traditionally played on a bugle, was performed at St George's Memorial Church in Ypres, Belgium.

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