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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 ...

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 ...

Passendale: New Zealand service 's Graventafel, Passendale (Frank Mahieu) - 04/10

a remembrance-, and wreath laying service was held 4th October, the anniversary of the Battle of Broodseinde at the New Zealand Memorial at 's Graventafel, Passendale, in the presence of Mr. ...

Zonnebeke: New Zealand's blackest day commemorated (Frank Mahieu) - 12/10

Oct. 12th 1917, first battle of Passchendaele, the blackest day in New Zealand's history was commemorated by a wreath laying service at the New Zealand Memorial Garden at Zonnebeke chateau park. The ceremony was attended byMr. Gregory Adams, Ambassador of New Zealand and Capt. Shane Arndell, military attaché of New Zealand. Alderman Sabine Vanderhaegen represented the town ...  

Zillebeke: Rededication for Lt. John Butt, Hooge Crater Cemetery (Frank Mahieu) - 09/10

On 9 Oct 2018 a rededication service was held at Hooge Crater Cemetery for Lt. John Gilles Butt, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards who was killed 29th October 1914 together with is orderly while he was tending the wounded Lt. Col. Earle in the vicinity of Geluveld-Kruiseke. The service was conducted by Chaplain Tim Flowers,4th Btn. Mercian Rgt. and attended ...  

Ieper: Last Post - 03/10

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: Nixon family Daramalan ...

Ieper: Last Post - 08/10

Ieper - Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Monday, 8 October 2018 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: OLVC Lokeren Banchory Academy First World War Battlefield Centenary Tours Programme Burgerschool Roeselare Waid Academy Spens/Melville family Mannenkoor Ste-Barbara (Heusden O VL) Roedean ...

A new display shines a light on the maintenance and restoration of Belgium’s Commonwealth War Cemeteries

A century of caring is a new display at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Ieper Information Centre, highlighting 100 years of work by the Commission in Belgium. Louise Dujardin and Sarah Camerlynck The display is launched in conjunction with a large-scale renovation project on 24 Commonwealth cemeteries in the Ypres Salient, supported by a grant from the Flemish ...

New-Zealand cyclists gather to remember WW1 Cyclist Corps

A group of cyclists will travel from New Zealand to the Spring Classics of Flanders and northern France in a special tour to remember the service and sacrifice of the New-Zealand Cyclist Corps (NZCC). The group includes family members of the NZCC soldiers who fought and died in Belgium. The tour is built around the Ronde van Vlaanderen and the Paris Roubaix and will include a special ...

Ieper: Last Post - 07/10

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Sunday, 7 October 2018 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: Bolton Branch, Royal Artillery Association Kings School, Winchester The Ghent District Highlanders Thomas's LDN Day School 4th /7th RDG/J.Wright Johnson family Taylor ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 05/10

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday, 5 October 2018. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs.  

Lecture: Disputed earth - Geology and trench warfare

DISPUTED EARTH GEOLOGY AND TRENCH WARFARE 22-02-2018 Onder de titel "Gateways to the First World War" organiseren het In Flanders Fields Museum en de Universiteit van Kent (School of History) in het academiejaar 2017-2018 een reeks van acht seminars. De lezing vindt plaats op donderdag 22 april 2018 om 19u15 in het Museumcafé. Donderdag 22 februari 2018 om ...

Geluwe: Commemoration Lance Corporal Ernest Seamen VC MM - 29/09

Please find below some pictures of the unveiling of the memorial plaque for Ernest Seaman VC MM at Ter Hand (Geluwe) on Saturday, 29 September 2018. Ernest Seaman died on 29/09/1918, ...

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