What is the British equivalent of "Taps"?

Taps is the song the bugler blows at funerals - in America.

What is played in the UK - and by what instrument? (Bag Pipes, perhaps?)

The Last Post, played on a bugle.

Thanks, Struan!

Recently, I ran into this in a crossword puzzle (which I didn’t solve) and I’ve been wondering about it ever since. Google didn’t help.

Here’s a link to it if you want to hear it.

And the inevitable Wikipedia entry.

I’ve heard Last Post once – I was on a British military post at 10 PM, and they had just locked the place down for the night, with the ceremony that the British do oh so well.

The post was the Tower of London, and that was the Ceremony of the Keys. A must see for anybody in or visiting London.