Title:TASK FORCE HARVEST/OPERATION ESSENTIAL HARVEST, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2001 (TAPE 16) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 1695
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2001 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Memorial service for Sapper Ian Collins with members of 9th Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers, killed during Operation Essential Harvest in Skopje.
Description: Conclusion of Corporal Collins's memorial service, including the hymn "Abide with Me", prayers led by US Army and Parachute Regiment Chaplains and final hymn, "Amazing Grace". Lament by buglers followed by silence and final prayers. The coffin is piped out: soldiers of several nationalities follow. At the APOD in Skopje, mourners arrive and Corporal Collins's coffin is carried on board C130 Hercules aircraft for repatriation as piper plays.
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ARMY MOBILE NEWS TEAM SHOTLIST
(The following data has been copied, without amendment, from Army Mobile News Team computer files.)
15-23-25-08 Hymn
16-26-27-24 American Chaplain
15-27-37-01 Para Chaplin
15-32-40-12 Bagles (foreign Last Post)
15-36-12-13 Departure and US honour guard
15-38-30-18 Coffin piped away
15-40-48-18 Multinational honour guard on road
15-45-48-12 Apod ceromony onto C130
15-46-00-00 end
Alternative Title:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2001 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
