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Passchendaele Museum reopens in full glory from 5 April 2025

The Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke will reopen in full glory from Saturday, 5 April 2025, following extensive renovations. The renewed Passchendaele Museum offers deeper insight into the history of the Battle of Passchendaele. With a revised storyline enriched by personal stories and authentic objects, the First World War truly comes to life within the castle. Since its opening in ...

Passchendaele Museum partly open

Still looking for an exciting day out during the crocus holiday? At the Passchendaele Museum you will experience the history of World War I in an interactive way. While the museum is being renovated, the underground halls and trenches remain accessible to visitors.  Descend into a reconstructed underground shelter together, discover more about the Battle of Passchendaele in the ...

Passendale: A rededication service for Lance Corporal James Ball Baron MM - 26/03

Please find below some photos of the Rededication Service for Lance Corporal James Ball Baron MM, Machine Gun Corps, who was killed in action on 24 August 1917. This service took place ...

Sint-Juliaan: Commemoration 110th anniversary of the first gas attack - 22/04

On Tuesday 22 April 2025, the city of Ypres and the Langemark-Poelkapelle local council jointly commemorated the 110th anniversary of the first mass use of gas during the First World War. The ceremonies recalled the dramatic events of 22 April 1915, when chlorine gas was first widely used as a weapon of mass destruction. The programme included ceremonies at the Cross of Reconciliation in ...  

Boezinge: Commemoration 110th anniversary of the first gas attack - 22/04

On Tuesday 22 April 2025, the city of Ypres and the Langemark-Poelkapelle local council jointly commemorated the 110th anniversary of the first mass use of gas during the First World War. The ceremonies recalled the dramatic events of 22 April 1915, when chlorine gas was first widely used as a weapon of mass destruction. The programme included ceremonies at the Cross of Reconciliation in ...  

Zillebeke: Rededication Service for Charles Edward Dean - 18/03

Please find below some photos of the Rededication Service for Corporal of Horse Charles Edward Dean, 2nd Life Guards, at Bedford House Cemetery at Zillebeke on Tuesday 18 March 2025. Charles ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 04/04

Ploegsteert - Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 4 April 2025. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs.  

Household Cavalry comes to Zandvoorde and Ypres

Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 May 2024 The Household Cavalry is coming to Zandvoorde (Zonnebeke) and Ypres during the weekend of 4 and 5 May 2024. This is to mark the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of the memorial column for the Royal Household Cavalry in Zandvoorde. They will also hold a short tattoo on the Ypres market square, attend the Last Post and particpate in the service in the ...

Lecture: Australia on the Western Front

With the commemoration of ANZAC Day approaching, the Passchendaele Museum zooms in on Australian efforts on the Western Front. Australian troops played a leading role during the Battle of Passchendaele. In the autumn of 1917, they took Polygon Wood and Zonnebeke and stormed the ridges at Broodseinde and Passchendaele. The latter proved to be a ridge too far. Australia paid a heavy price ...

Zandvoorde: A rededication service for Second Lieutenant Hugh Barr - 26/03

Please find below some photos of the Rededication Service for Second Lieutenant Hugh Barr, Machine Gun Corps, who was killed in action on 30 September 1918. This service took place at Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Belgium on Wednesday 26 March 2025. Second Lieutenant Hugh Barr was born 14 May 1890 in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. He was the younger of two children born to William Barr, a ...

Passendale: A rededication service for Lance Corporal Samuel Chapman - 26/03

Please find below some photos of the Rededication Service for Lance Corporal Samuel Chapman of 1/4th Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 14 December 1917. This service took place at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passendale, Belgium on Wednesday 26 March 2025. Lance Corporal Samuel Chapman was born on 6 March 1898 in Hull, East Yorkshire. He was the youngest of three ...

The Passchendaele Museum reopens its doors with two innovations

The Passchendaele Museum at Zonnebeke opens its doors from 1 February 2024. Visitors can discover a brand new immersive experience and temporary exhibition.  With these innovations, the museum wants to continue to bring and commemorate the story of the Battle of Passchendaele and its many victims. New immersive experience ‘Passchendaele 1917’   The Passchendaele ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 03/01

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 3 January 2025. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at ...

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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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