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Passchendaele Museum reopens in full glory from 5 April 2025

The Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke will reopen in full glory from Saturday, 5 April 2025, following extensive renovations. The renewed Passchendaele Museum offers deeper insight into the history of the Battle of Passchendaele. With a revised storyline enriched by personal stories and authentic objects, the First World War truly comes to life within the castle. Since its opening in ...

Passchendaele Museum partly open

Still looking for an exciting day out during the crocus holiday? At the Passchendaele Museum you will experience the history of World War I in an interactive way. While the museum is being renovated, the underground halls and trenches remain accessible to visitors.  Descend into a reconstructed underground shelter together, discover more about the Battle of Passchendaele in the ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 04/04

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 4 April 2025. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at ...

Mesen: ANZAC Day - 25/04

Please find below some pictures of ANZAC Day at Messines on 25 April 2025. The programme was as follows Official Party arrives at NZ Memorial, welcomed by Mayor Sandy Evrard Official Party is led into the memorial park by flag bearers MC: Ms. Te Aniwa Setters, New Zealand Deputy Head of Mission Welcome speech by H.E. Jennifer Troup, New Zealand Ambassador to Belgium Hymn ...  

Ploegsteert: ANZAC Day - Berks Cemetery Extension - 24/04

Please find below some pictures of the ceremony on Berks Cemetery Extension at Ploegsteert on Thursday 24 April 2025, on the eve of ANZAC Day 2025. The detailed programme was as follows: MC: New Zealand Deputy Head of Mission Te Aniwa Setters  Official Party is led into the cemetery by flagbearers MC welcome Opening Prayer Reverend Richard Clement Reading NZ ...  

Zandvoorde: A rededication service for Second Lieutenant Hugh Barr - 26/03

Please find below some photos of the Rededication Service for Second Lieutenant Hugh Barr, Machine Gun Corps, who was killed in action on 30 September 1918. This service took place at ...

Ploegsteert: ANZAC Day - Toronto Avenue Cemetery - 24/04

Ploegsteert - Please find below some pictures of the commemoration on Toronto Avenue Cemetery on Thursday 24 April 2025, on the eve of ANZAC Day 2025. Please find below the detailed programme of this ceremony: MC: Lieutenant Colonel Carney Elias MC welcome Opening Prayer Reverend Richard Clement Welcome speech by Madame Alice Leeuwerck, Mayor of Comines-Warneton Speech by Air Vice-Marshal Di ...

Household Cavalry comes to Zandvoorde and Ypres

Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 May 2024 The Household Cavalry is coming to Zandvoorde (Zonnebeke) and Ypres during the weekend of 4 and 5 May 2024. This is to mark the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of the memorial column for the Royal Household Cavalry in Zandvoorde. They will also hold a short tattoo on the Ypres market square, attend the Last Post and particpate in the service in the ...

Lecture: Australia on the Western Front

With the commemoration of ANZAC Day approaching, the Passchendaele Museum zooms in on Australian efforts on the Western Front. Australian troops played a leading role during the Battle of Passchendaele. In the autumn of 1917, they took Polygon Wood and Zonnebeke and stormed the ridges at Broodseinde and Passchendaele. The latter proved to be a ridge too far. Australia paid a heavy price ...

Sint-Juliaan: Commemoration 110th anniversary of the first gas attack - 22/04

On Tuesday 22 April 2025, the city of Ypres and the Langemark-Poelkapelle local council jointly commemorated the 110th anniversary of the first mass use of gas during the First World War. The ceremonies recalled the dramatic events of 22 April 1915, when chlorine gas was first widely used as a weapon of mass destruction. The programme included ceremonies at the Cross of Reconciliation in ...

Boezinge: Commemoration 110th anniversary of the first gas attack - 22/04

On Tuesday 22 April 2025, the city of Ypres and the Langemark-Poelkapelle local council jointly commemorated the 110th anniversary of the first mass use of gas during the First World War. The ceremonies recalled the dramatic events of 22 April 1915, when chlorine gas was first widely used as a weapon of mass destruction. The programme included ceremonies at the Cross of Reconciliation in ...

The Passchendaele Museum reopens its doors with two innovations

The Passchendaele Museum at Zonnebeke opens its doors from 1 February 2024. Visitors can discover a brand new immersive experience and temporary exhibition.  With these innovations, the museum wants to continue to bring and commemorate the story of the Battle of Passchendaele and its many victims. New immersive experience ‘Passchendaele 1917’   The Passchendaele ...

Zillebeke: Rededication Service for Charles Edward Dean - 18/03

Please find below some photos of the Rededication Service for Corporal of Horse Charles Edward Dean, 2nd Life Guards, at Bedford House Cemetery at Zillebeke on Tuesday 18 March 2025. Charles ...

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    The website Greatwar.be introduces you in the theme of the Great War in the In Flanders Fields region. The database contains an overview of all monuments, sites, locations, cemeteries, ... in Flanders Fields.

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