Unveiling Ceremony Sunday 22nd March 2009 - Phase 1: Battlefield Monument
The unveiling ceremony began promptly at 2pm with the Sealed Knot firing their cannon.
Northamptons Regt of the Sealed Knot lead the reenactors towards the monument to the beat of the drum.
Mr Hugo Gell (back to camera) and the Marquess of Northampton (facing the camera) unveil the monument.
Sealed Knot musketeers fire in salute to the unveiling of the battlefield memorial.
Mr Hugo Gell (left) and the Marquess of Northampton (right) shake hands during the unveiling ceremony.
Mr Hugo Gell (left), The Marquess of Northampton (right) pose for the TV cameras and photographers with members of the Sealed Knot beside the newly unveiled monument.
Mrs Katie Evans (the Sheriff of Staffordhire, left), The Bishop of Stafford, centre left), Mr Edgeller and Mrs Edgeller (Mayor of Stafford, right) were just a few of the other VIPs who attended the unveiling ceremony.
Sir George Lisles Regt of the Sealed Knots wreath and poignant verse of commemoration to the dead.
The Battlefield monument is sited just behing the security fence of MoD No.6 Site, Hopton against the public footpath running from Within Lane to Brick Kiln Lane. Using the Stafford & Telford Land Ranger Ordnance Survey map scale 1:50000 the Grid Reference is 264943.
