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8-metre-tall carved Māori monument to be unveiled in Zonnebeke

A new memorial honouring the role of New Zealand Māori and other service people in the First World War will be unveiled in the Passchendaele Memorial Park, next to the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, Zonnebeke on Anzac Day, 25 April 2019. The pou maumahara (memorial carving) was created from 4,500-year-old native New Zealand timber by master carvers, tutors and students from the New ...

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 ...

Ieper: Last Post - 21/06

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Friday 21 June 2019 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: Koor Cum Decore Locks ...

Ieper: Last Post - 08/07

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Monday 8 July 2019 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: St Aidans School Chamber Choir Ellender family Harrogate Branch, Royal Signals Association Twickenham Academy Moulsham High School Wren Academy Queens' School BC Spermalie Royal Hamilton Light Infantry ...  

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 05/07

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 5 July 2019. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at ...  

Passendale: Rededication service for Captain William Miles Kington DSO - 19/06

A rededication service was held for Captain William Miles Kington DSO at 2.00pm at Tyne Cot Cemetery.  Captain Kington served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was killed ...

Ieper: Last Post - 04/07

Ieper - Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Thursday 4 July 2019 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: The King’s School (Aus) Oasis Academy South Bank Juno Beach Centre Association Youth Ambassadors Group Teesdale School Petrus Datheenschool (NL) Blessed Thomas Holford School George Spencer ...

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, ...

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 ...

Ieper: Last Post - 03/07

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Wednesday 3 July 2019 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: MacKillop College (Aus) Major D. Cooper (Aus) Walthamstow Hall King Solomon Academy MMBT Ballymena Marching Bands 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles Memorial Association Mr. B. Davis, Minister of Advanced ...

Ieper: Reburial unknown French soldiers (Frank Mahieu) - 27/06

27 juni 2019: een begrafenisplechtgiheid op de Franse begraaplaats St. Charles de Potyse, Ieper, voor zeven onbekende soldaten van het Franse leger uit de Grote oorlog.  De plechtigheid werd bijgewoond door Franse en Belgische burgerlijke autoriteiten en militairen en vele vlaggendragers van Franse en Belgische veteranenorganistaties.  Na het officeel einde van de plechtigheid ...

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 ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 07/06

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday, 7 June 2019. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at ...

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