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Burial Ceremony for a Soldier of the Great War

A burial service for an unknown Commonwealth soldier will take place at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Buttes New British Cemetery at 10am on 4 July 2018. The casualty was discovered near Hooge near Ypres, and although it is known that he was serving with the Commonwealth forces, it has not been possible to identify him.  The CWGC will commemorate him as a ...

UK’S youth enrich visitor experience at war graves in France and Belgium

YOUTH ENRICH VISITOR EXPERIENCE AT WAR GRAVES IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM Commonwealth War Graves Commission Centenary Interns will welcome visitors to some of the most iconic CWGC sites in the world The Interns will deliver free ‘Gateway to Ypres’ walking tours, explaining the CWGC’s important role in the establishment of Ieper as a place of pilgrimage CWGC Centenary ...

Diksmuide: Reburial Service for 4 Belgian Soldiers: Diksmuide - 01/07

During two different parcelling work in Diksmuide, the mortal remains of the fallen from WW1 were recovered. A given that is still taking place regularly. It was striking that in addition to the ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 06/07

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday, 6 July 2018. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs.    

Zonnebeke: A Burial Service for An Unknown Soldier of the Great War - 04/07

On July, 4 2018, there was a Burial Service for an Unknown Soldier of the Great War at Buttes New British Cemetery. The Service was conducted by the Reverend Andrew J Earl CF Senior Chaplain HQ NW The Flag carriers were present as the bugler also.     A group of tourists decided to attend the Service Call to Worship and Bidding Prayer by the ...  

Ieper: Last Post - 24/06

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Sunday, 24 June 2018 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: Koninklijke Harmonie ...

Zillebeke: rededication Pte. Frederic W. Birks (Frank Mahieu) - 03/07

Zillebeke - Engl: On 3 July 2018, 101 years and a day after he fell on 2 July 1917, Pte. Frederick William Birks received a new headstone after having been buried so long as "unknown". He was 36 years old, serving with the 17th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment) when he was killed in the frontline trecnhes in the Observatory sector (Zillebeke, Ypres). His grave was lost afterwards ...

A new display shines a light on the maintenance and restoration of Belgium’s Commonwealth War Cemeteries

A century of caring is a new display at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Ieper Information Centre, highlighting 100 years of work by the Commission in Belgium. Louise Dujardin and Sarah Camerlynck The display is launched in conjunction with a large-scale renovation project on 24 Commonwealth cemeteries in the Ypres Salient, supported by a grant from the Flemish ...

New-Zealand cyclists gather to remember WW1 Cyclist Corps

A group of cyclists will travel from New Zealand to the Spring Classics of Flanders and northern France in a special tour to remember the service and sacrifice of the New-Zealand Cyclist Corps (NZCC). The group includes family members of the NZCC soldiers who fought and died in Belgium. The tour is built around the Ronde van Vlaanderen and the Paris Roubaix and will include a special ...

Reburial Service for 4 Belgian Soldiers: De Panne - 01/07

On July 1, 2018, the municipality of De Panne and the War Heritage Institute, with the support of defence, organized a unique ceremony. Not only was the Belgian military cemetery, Day to day, 100 years ago officially inaugurated, but also 4 Belgian soldiers were re-buried. It was from 1975 ago that another Reburial of Belgian soldiers took place!   After the necessary searches and ...

Veurne: Reburial Service for 4 Belgian Soldiers: Veurne - 01/07

On July 1, 2018, 4 Belgian soldiers finally got their final resting place on the Belgian military cemetery of De Panne. During a brief ceremony in Diksmuide, the coffins with their remains were loaded into a WW1 ambulance. On the way to the cemetery there was a halt in the centre of Veurne, where the Last Post was blown and one minute's silence was observed. The symbolism behind the ...

Lecture: Disputed earth - Geology and trench warfare

DISPUTED EARTH GEOLOGY AND TRENCH WARFARE 22-02-2018 Onder de titel "Gateways to the First World War" organiseren het In Flanders Fields Museum en de Universiteit van Kent (School of History) in het academiejaar 2017-2018 een reeks van acht seminars. De lezing vindt plaats op donderdag 22 april 2018 om 19u15 in het Museumcafé. Donderdag 22 februari 2018 om ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 01/06

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday, 1 June 2018. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at ...

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