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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 ...

Wijtschate: Visiting Bayernwald - 11/09

On Open Monumentday 11 September 2022, the public could visit the site of Bayernwald at Wijtschate. The site has about 300 metres of German trenches of the Great War and is the largest trench ...

Wijtschate: Rededication Service for Lieutenant Harry Noel Leslie Renton - 15/09

A rededication service for Lieutenant Harry Noel Leslie Renton was held at Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Belgium at 14.30am (local time) on 15th September 2022. Lieutenant Harry Noel Leslie Renton was born in Colombo, Ceylon, on 18 December 1894. He was one of the three sons born to James and Louisa Renton of Aspley Guise in Bedfordshire. He was educated at The Knoll, Woburn Sands ...  

Wijtschate: Rededication for Lt. Harry N. L. Renton (Frank Mahieu) - 15/09

In the afternoon of Sept. 15th 2022 at Oosttaveerne Wood Cemetery, a rededication service was held for Lt. HARRY NOEL LESLIE RENTON. Lt. Harry Renton was killed in Action on 30 July 1915, aged 20, while serving with the 9th Battalion The Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC). He was the son of James and Louisa Renton of Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire. When still a student he was a monitor and head of ...  

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 02/09

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 3 September 2022. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at ...

Mesen: Rededication Lance Corporal Frederick Thomas Wilkinson (Frank Mahieu) - 15/09

Mesen - In the morning of Sept. 15th 2022 a rededication service was held at Messines Ridge British Cemetery for Lance Corporal Frederick Thomas Wilkinson. L.Cpl. Wilkinson was killed on 29 June 1917, aged only 19, while serving with the 13th. Bn. The Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC). He was on born on 29 November 1897 in London, the youngest son of Charles and Louisa Wilkinson. He already enlisted on ...

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 ...

Sint-Jan: Rededication for Captain Oliver Steele (Frank Mahieu) - 14/09

14 Sept. 2022 Rededication Service for CAPTAIN OLIVER STEELE, identified by the excellent research of Michiel Vanmarcke. Captain Oliver Steele was born in 1882 at Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. Oliver was a terrific athlete. After his school years, Oliver Steele became a professional soldier. He saw service in South Africa during the Boer War, while serving with the 5th NZ ...

Ieper: Rededication Captain Arthur Lea Harris - 14/09

A rededication service for Captain Arthur Lea Harris, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was held at Aeroplane Cemetery, Belgium at 10.30am (local time) on 14th September 2022 at CWGC Aeroplane Cemetery, Belgium.  Captain Harris died on 31st July 1917 whilst serving with the 4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was previously commemorated on the CWGC Ypres ...

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 ...

Diksmuide: Ceremony at the memorial in remembrance of Admiral Ronarc'h and the marine-fuseliers - 24/08

At the occasion of the Four Days of the Yser, a yearly four days walking event, a remembrance ceremony took place on Wednesday 24 August 2022 at the memorial in remembrance of Admiral ...

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    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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