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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 ...

Zillebeke: Commemoration Liverpool Scottish - 16/06

Please find below some pictures of the commemoration of the 107th anniversary of the Battle of Bellewaerde on 16 June 2015. The ceremony took place at the memorial stone for the Liverpool Scottish ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 01/07

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

Sint-Jan: Burial service for Pte. John Lambert and six unknown soldiers (Frank Mahieu) - 30/06

30 June 2022, Burial Service at New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ypres, for Pte. JOHN LAMBERT of the ROYAL NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT and an unknown soldier of the - the ROYAL FUSILIERS - the ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS - the HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT - and for two unknown British soldiers and an unknown German soldier. May they Rest in Peace, Perfect Peace for ever more. The military protocol and honours ...  

Wijtschate: Wijtschate doorgrond - 16/06

During the past 5 years, important roadworks took place in Wijtschate. During these period, a lot of things were found and an exhition can now be visited in the local library. Please find below ...

Ieper: Rededication service for Second Lieutenants Boswell and Gundill - 29/06

Ieper - On Wednesday 29 June 2022 a rededication service took place for Second Lieutenant Alan Thompson Boswell RAF and Second Lieutenant Robert Percy Gundill RAF. The service took place on Duhallow A.D.S. in Ieper where both soldiers were already buried. Through research it has now been proved that both soldiers could be identified and could now be given a headstone with their name ...

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 ...

Zillebeke: Rededication service for Second Lieutenant Henry George Pike RAF - 29/06

On Wednesday 29 June 2022 a rededication service took place for Second Lieutenant Henry George Pike RAF. Until now he was buried as an unknown soldier, but through recent research it became clear that he was buried at Larch Wood cemetery in Zillebeke. On this cemetery more than 850 soldiers have their final resting place.  The access to the cemetery whioch is situated ...

Wijtschate: Commemoration of the ammunition disaster - 24/06

On June 24th 1922 labourers were busy cleaning the battlefields from the amunition that was left after the Great War. Unfortunately the small train wagon on which the amunition was placed, overturned and the amunition exploded. The accident killed 11 people in total. On Friday 24 June 2022 a commemoration took place in Wijtschate to remember these civilian victims.  An old ...

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 ...

Koksijde: Commemoration of the Zoauves (Cemetery) - 06/06

On Whit Monday, June 6, 2022, Koksijde commemorated the nearly 8,000 French Zouaves who died in the Westhoek during World War I. There are no more former veterans. Today they are represented by ...

  • 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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