Michael Johnstone, of Embankment Road, Kingsbridge, writes:

A small crowd was blocking the road in front of the town hall not many miles from here.

A van approached. The ­driver refused to switch off the engine. A bugle sounded. The Last Post was very well played.

A silence and a short ­ceremony followed. The road cleared.

The large Union Jack was ­flying upside down on the town hall. I approached the mayor, in his gold chain, and politely told him.

‘What Union Jack?’ was all he said.

A lady on his behalf said brightly: ‘Oh, that will be the caretaker.’

A small point, you may think. But this is the flag of the country they fought for.

I thought it was a shame on their day.