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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 ...

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 ...

Ieper: Commemoration Indian monument - 12/11

Below are some photos of the annual commemoration at the Indian monument in Ypres at the Menin Gate. This year, the ceremony took place on Tuesday 12 November at ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 07/03

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 7 March 2025. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs.    

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 03/01

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 3 January 2025. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs.    

Passendale: Commemoration at Tyne Cot Cemetery - 11/11

On Armistice Day 11 November 2024, the British Embassy organised a ceremony at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Passchendaele.  Arrival of the West Yorkshire Police ...

Ploegsteert: Commemoration Christmas Truce - 14/12

Ploegsteert - CHRISTMAS TRUCE SAINT YVON PLOEGSTEERT   To mark the 25th anniversary of the Last Post Committee and the 110th anniversary of the Christmas Truce of 1914, the city of Comines-Warneton, the Last Post Committee and the Entente Patriotique organised a re-enactment of the event.   Many brave souls, torches in hand, set off from the memorial in Ploegsteert to Prowse Point ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 06/12

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 6 December 2024. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at ...

Ieper: Herdenking Indisch monument / Commemoration Indian monument (Frank Mahieu) - 12/11

Nov 12th, 2024,  the annual commemoration for the WW fallen soldiers of India at Ypres, Menin Gate ramparts. Lest We Forget. 12 November 2024, de jaarlijkse herdenking voor de gesneuvelde soldaten van India aan het Indisch monument op de Ieperse vestingen. (photos Frank Mahieu 12 Nov ...

Passchendaele Museum closes 2023 early with more than 100,000 visitors

The Passchendaele Museum closed its doors early on 20 November 2023 to carry out planned renovations. The museum welcomed as many as 101,981 visitors last season. An excellent result, exceeding the target number of visitors of 90,000. From 1 February 2024, it will reopen its doors with a brand new immersive experience and temporary exhibition. More than 100,000 visitors In 2023, the ...

Passendale: Plaque for Sgt Alex Decoteau (Frank Mahieu) - 08/11

On Nov 8, 2024, on Canada's Indigenous Day, two ceremonies were held at Passchendaele for Canadian Indigenous WW1 Sgt Alex Decoteau who fell at Passchendaele on 30 October 1917, aged 29 while ...

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