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Burials on New Irish Farm Cemetery

Tuesday 5 November 2019 Burial service for two soldiers will be held at CWGC’s New Irish Farm Cemetery. A burial service will be held for an unknown soldier of the Essex Regiment and an unknown soldier of unknown regiment at 2.30pm at New Irish Farm Cemetery. The casualties were discovered in 2014 during building work near the site of the original Irish Farm Cemetery. The ...

Last Post Association organises its 16th remembrance concert during this year’s Armistice commemorations

On Saturday 9 November and Monday 11 November 2019, the Last Post Association will be organising the 16th edition of its ‘The Great War Remembered’ concert, held in the unique setting of Ieper’s St. Martin’s Cathedral. The soloists for this edition are Luka Bloom, Maaike Cafmeyer and Kobe Sercu. Each year , the Last Post Association organises ‘The Great War ...

Ieper: Celebration Bhupinder Singh - 31/10

On Thursday 31 October 2019 the City of Ieper and the In Flanders Fields Museum organized a short event to say thank you to Mr. Bhupunder Singh. Since 1999, he brought many Sikhs to ...

Ieper: Remembering the fallen soldiers from India (Frank Mahieu) - 12/11

Nov. 12th 2019, at Menin Gate ramparts, annual commemoration of the soldiers of India who fought and were killed in the Ypres Sailent. This memorial is dedicated to the 130 000 soldiers of the Indian Forces who served in Flanders during the Great War and of whom 8900 fell around Ypres. We Will Remember them. Op 12 November werd naar jaarlijkse gewoonte, eer betuigd aan de Indiaase soldaten ...  

Oostvleteren: Wapenstilstand in Vleteren - 12/11

Op 11 november werden traditioneel ook in Vleteren de gesneuvelden van beide wereldoorlogen herdacht. De hoofdplechtigheid van dit jaar was in Oostvleteren. In Westvleteren en Woesten werd een bloemenkrans neergelegd aan de monumenten der gesneuvelden. Onder impuls van Mevr. Gerda Goubeir, schepen van Cultuur, werd aan de viering in Oostvleteren extra luister gegeven. Vanaf het gemeentehuis ...  

Ramskapelle: Commemoration of the Battle of Ramskapelle - 26/10

Please find below some photos of the 105th anniversary of the battle of Ramskapelle which was commemorated on Saturday 26 October ...

Vlamertinge: Armistice 2019 - 11/11

Vlamertinge - Please find below some pictures of Remembrande Day at Vlamertinge on 11/11/2019.      

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Simon Louagie is the new manager of Talbot House

"I am delighted to announce that Mr Simon Louagie has been appointed Talbot House Manager. Simon brings considerable experience and knowledge of tourism and World War commemoration. He also has a great belief in the values of the House and all that the place stands for. We wish him well in his new job. Simon succeeds Mr Raf Craenhals who has been our manager for the last eight years. ...

Sint-Jan: Reburial 2 unknown soldiers New Irish Farm Cemetery (Frank Mahieu) - 05/11

At New Irish Farm cemetery, St. Jean, Ypres,  5 November 2019, two unknown British soldiers were buried with full military honour. One soldier served with the Essex Regiment and for this reason his successors  of the Royal Anglian Regiment performed the military protocol. These fallen men now rest amongst their comrades in a proper decent grave. Lest We Forget.  The service was ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 01/11

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 1 November 2019. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs.  

Seminar: Notes and Swearies

Notes and Swearies Blasphemy and Obscene Language 24/10/2019 Under the title "Gateways to the First World War", the In Flanders Fields Museum and the University of Kent (School of History) present a series of eight seminars on Thursday evening, free and open to all. The four lectures in Ieper are scheduled at 7.15pm and take place in the reading room of the In Flanders Fields ...

Passendale: Remembering New Zealand's Blackest Day (Frank Mahieu) - 12/10

12 oct. 2019: At Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passendale, an intimate ceremony was held commemorating New Zealand's  Blackest Day, 12 October 1917. The toll for he NZEF was horrendous that day: 843 ...

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