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Exhibition on the First World War in the Middle East in the IFFM

In Flanders Fields Museum opens unique exhibition on the First World War in the Middle East and thus transcends the borders of the Western Front   Besides in Europe, war also broke out in the Middle East in 1914. This region was largely dominated by the Ottoman Empire, which sided with Germany and therefore belonged to the losing side in 1918. The Ottoman Empire fell apart and the ...

Ypres Peace Classes  launches brand new programme for primary schools

Ypres Peace Classes is a brand new multi-day programme tailored to primary school classes (10-12 years old). Pupils are accompanied for two or more days by an educational guide on the theme of peace.   The programme offers a good mix of museum visits and active exploration of the landscape. In the evening the Last Post can be attended and the pupils can stay overnight in a quality group ...

Kemmel: Commemoration of the battle of Kemmel - 29/04

Please find below some pictures of the 104th anniversary of the battle of Kemmel in 1918. The ceremony took place at the French cemetery Mount Kemmel. On this place 5.294 French soldiers are ...

Sint-Jan: Rededication Serjeant Frederick Cardy (Frank Mahieu) - 19/05

Today's 2nd. Rededication Service was at White House Cemetery for Serjeant Frederick Cardy of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. This service was also conducted by Revd. Isaac Thompson, Chaplain to the Royal Irish Regiment. Representatives of Irish & British Embassy were present, as were military of the Royal Irish Regiment, and also representatives of Belgian Military, the RBL, the CWGC and ...  

Sint-Jan: Rededication Captain Hugh Mortimer Travers DSO (Frank Mahieu) - 19/05

Today's 1st Rededication Service, organised by the MOD War Detectives, was at New Irish Farm Cemetery for Capt. Hugh Mortimer Travers DSO of the 5th. Bn. The Royal Munster Fusiliers. This rededication was made possible through the research and dedication of Michiel Vanmarcke. Capt. Travers was born in 1873 in Calcutta from a military family. His father was a Lieutenant Colonel, one ...  

Ieper: Tribute to the soldiers of the Indian army - 28/04

In the week of 25 April 2022, the Indian Embassy in Belgium and the Military Attache paid tribute to all the Indian soldiers who died during the Great War and who are buried in ...

Klerken: Annual remembrance - 14/05

Klerken - Op zaterdag 14 mei 2022 vond de jaarlijkse oorlogsherdenking plaats in Klerken en dit voor de slachtoffers van de Eerste en Tweede Wereldoorlog en de verschillende vredesmissies. De organisatie was in handen van de Vriendenkring Vredesmolen Klerken en de Oudstrijders- en Soldatenbond Klerken.  The first tribute took place at the memorial plaque in remembrance of the 2/22ste and 3de ...

In Flanders Fields Museum Ieper: Programme 2022

On Friday 11 February 2022, the In Flanders Fields Museum Ieper presented its annual programme 2022 to the press. Special attention went to the opening of the exhibition 'Missing at the Front. Unearthing Names'.       This exhibition illustrates how archaeology gives missing soldiers back their identity. Furthermore, the large, thematic exhibition 'For ...

Passchendaele Museum doors open again from 1 February

The Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke will open its doors again from 1 February after the annual closing period. New this year is the temporary exhibition 'Here dead we lie' by the University of Kent and the exhibition around a unique loan. Temporary photography exhibition in combination with poetry and objects In cooperation with the University of Kent, the museum will ...

Ieper: Remembrance VIFF - 10/05

In 2017, the Friends of the In Flanders Fields Museum were received in the Town Hall of the City of Cork on the occasion of the Friends trip to Ireland. Five years later, the College of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Ypres received an Irish delegation from the city of Cork. On this occasion the Friends of the Museum organised a short remembrance at the Irish cross behind the ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 06/05

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 1 April 2022. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs.    

Facebook livestream special Last Post op ANZAC Day

Traditionally on 25th April, the day of the landing in Gallipoli, the Australian and New Zealand communities remember the fallen of their countries during the Great War. The special Last Post for ANZAC Day will again be organised on Sunday 25 April 2021 at 11 a.m. at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ieper, Belgium. The Australian and New Zealand Ambassadors will lay a wreath together with the ...

Ploegsteert: Ploegsteert NZ Anzac Day ceremony (Frank Mahieu) - 25/04

Sun and clouds but as well a really heavy rain shower were part of today's Anzac day ceremony at Berks Cemetery at Ploegsteert. This ceremony organised by the New Zealand Embassy especially ...

  • Experience war and peace in Flanders Fields

    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.

    Further on you will find the important events that remember the First World War, a list op publications, the musea, interesting websites and extensive historical information.

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