Whitehall is brought to a standstill as the Pipes and Drums lead over 200 students to the statue of General Charles Gordon in the Victoria Embankment Gardens. The Annual Parade along this iconic London street to commemorate General Gordon’s life has been an integral part of the school’s history and marks the start of Memorial Weekend. At the statue, students wearing their ceremonial Blues uniform, were joined by staff and parents for a short service by the school Chaplain the Reverend Graham Wright. Among the wreaths laid was one by Tom Gordon, General Gordon’s great-great-great nephew and a Trustee of the Gordon Foundation.