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Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 ready for the future

After the annual closing period, the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 in Zonnebeke will open its doors again on 1 February 2019. With a new exhibition space and annual commemorations, the museum wants to continue to spread the story of the Battle of Passchendaele internationally. Commemorating  one of the bloodiest periods in our history and keeping the memory of the many victims alive ...

Professor Lucy Noakes, University of Essex: Poppy Petals: The Meaning of the Great War in 21st Century Britain

In Flanders Fields Museum and the School of History/Gateways to the First World War, University of Kent present a fifth series of eight seminars on Thursday evening, free and open to all. Ieper venue and start times: Research Centre, Reading Room,  In Flanders Fields Museum, Sint-Maartensplein 3, 8900 Ieper, 7.15 pm.   24 January 2019 Professor Lucy Noakes, University of Essex, ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 04/01

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday, 4 January 2019. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month ...

Ieper: Last Post - 04/02

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Monday, 4 February 2019 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: MacGillivray family First World War Battlefield Centenary Tours Programme    

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 01/02

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday, 1 Februrary 2019. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at ...  

Ieper: Last Post - 01/01

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Tuesday, 1 January 2019 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony no wreaths were ...

Ieper: Last Post - 29/01

Ieper - Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Tuesday, 29 January 2019 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by the cadets of ATC Pirbright and the Head family.  

Programme 100 years Armistice 2018

The end of the centenary commemorations of the First World War (2014-2018) will be marked during the weekend of 9-11 November 2018 by a number of special events in Ieper and Zonnebeke. Different partners have collaborated to develop a total programme that will proclaim the universal message of peace in a serene and respectful manner. This programme is an initiative of the Flemish Government in ...

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 ...

Ieper: Last Post - 21/01

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Monday, 21 January 2019 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony no wreaths were laid.  

Ieper: Last Post - 06/01

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Sunday, 6 January 2019 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony no wreaths were laid, but the Westbourne Grammar School from Australia did sing 'In Flanders Fields'.  

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 ...

Ieper: Michael Morpurgo in Ieper with 'Poppy Field - The concert' - 15/12

Michael Morpurgo, the author of War Horse (filmed by Spielberg and also a musical brought on West End), brought a spoken concert in the church of Saint-Jacob in Ieper on Sunday, 16 ...

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