Abide With Me/The Last Post

In this poignant arrangement of the hymn Abide With Me ("Eventide"), the hymn tune is combined with the Last Post bugle call, making it suitable for services of remembrance, funerals, or other solemn occasions. The hymn tune "Eventide" was written by William Henry Monk in 1861, but the text of "Abide with Me" was written some forty years earlier by Henry Francis Lyte. Nevertheless, Eventide is the tune most associated with the hymn Abide with Me. The Last Post is one of the bugle calls used by the British Army to mark different occasions or times of the day. As far back as the 1790s it signalled that the officers had completed their last sentry-post inspection of the day and that the military camp had been secured for the night. As military conflict continued in the 19th Century, the Last Post became a way of commemorating those who had lost their lives in battle or at sea. It has since become an important part of wartime memorial services in many parts of the English speaking world, and is particularly associated with Remembrance Day on 11th November each year.