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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 ...

Ieper: Last Post - 31/07

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Tuesday, 31 July 2018 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: Honour (Salford) Canadian ...

Ieper: Last Post - 13/08

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Monday, 13 August 2018 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: St Anne's Church Rennie family (NZ)    

Ieper: Last Post - 08/08

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Wednesday, 8 August 2018 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: Cultuurdienst Ruiselede Eyre group Royal Engineers/D. Morley    

Ieper: Last Post - 16/07

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Monday, 16 July 2018 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: Priory Learning Trust Stoke ...

Ieper: Great Pilgrimage 90 (Filip Van Loo) - 08/08

Ieper - Please find below some pictures of the Great Pilgrimage 90 on Wednesday, 8 August 2018. The GP90 was organized by the Royal British Legion at the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Great Pilgrimage on 08/08/1928 when 11.000 pilgrims visited ...

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: Great Pilgrimage 90 - 08/08

Please find below some pictures of the Great Pilgrimage 90 on Wednesday, 8 August 2018. The GP90 was organized by the Royal British Legion at the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Great Pilgrimage on 08/08/1928 when 11.000 pilgrims visited Ieper. The VIP's going to the Menin Gate.   The parade with ± 1.200 standard ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 03/08

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday, 3 August 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 ...

Zillebeke: rededication Pte. Frederic W. Birks (Frank Mahieu) - 03/07

Engl: On 3 July 2018, 101 years and a day after he fell on 2 July 1917, Pte. Frederick William Birks received a new headstone after having been buried so long as "unknown". He was 36 ...

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