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Passchendaele Museum closes 2023 early with more than 100,000 visitors

The Passchendaele Museum closed its doors early on 20 November 2023 to carry out planned renovations. The museum welcomed as many as 101,981 visitors last season. An excellent result, exceeding the target number of visitors of 90,000. From 1 February 2024, it will reopen its doors with a brand new immersive experience and temporary exhibition. More than 100,000 visitors In 2023, the ...

25th anniversary of Island of Ireland Peace Park

Today, on 11 November 2023, a symbolic commemoration took place at the Island of Ireland Peace Park in Messines, Belgium. It marked the anniversary of its opening on Armistice Day 1998, which celebrated peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland after the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in April that year. Bringing together representatives of the United Kingdom, Ireland and ...

Passendale: Commemoration Crest Farm - 10/11

Please find below some pictures of the yearly commemoration at the Canadian monument Crest Farm at ...

Veurne: Remembrance Day - 12/11

On Sunday 12 November 2023 the yearly Remembrance Day ceremony again took place at the city cemetery at Veurne. Flowers were laid at the graves of the Commonwealth and French soldiers buried on this cemetery.     

Eggewaartskapelle: Remembrance Day - 12/11

Please find below some pictures of the annual commemoration at the graves of the Commonwealth soldiers who are buried behind the church of Eggewaartskapelle. The commemoration took place on Sunday 12 November 2023.    

Passendale: Rededication (voor) for 2nd Lt. James Ferris (Frank Mahieu) - 26/10

NL: 26 oktober 2023, Tyne Cot Cemetery, herinwijdingsdienst voor 2nd Lt. JAMES FERRIS van het 16th. Bn. The Highland Infantry (att. 97th MTB). James werd geboren op 13 oktober 1888 in Glasgow, ...

Passendale: Armistice commemoration - 11/11

Passendale - Please find below a number of pictures of the ceremony held at Tyne Cot Cemetery at Passendale on Armistice 11 November 2023. The event was organised by the British Embassy in Brussels in collaboration with the municipality of ...

The Passchendaele Museum reopend its doors from 1 February 2023

After a two-month closure, visitors can experience the story of The First World War and the Battle of Passchendaele again at the Passchendaele Museum from 1 February 2023. Numerous activities are planned to make it a good year. There will be a new temporary exhibition and accompanying walk in the Zonnebeke castle grounds, various lectures, a book launch and the annual ...

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 ...

Mesen: 25th anniversary of Island of Ireland Peace Park - 11/11

Today, on 11 November 2023, a symbolic commemoration took place at the Island of Ireland Peace Park in Messines, Belgium. It marked the anniversary of its opening on Armistice Day 1998, which celebrated peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland after the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in April that year. Bringing together representatives of the United Kingdom, Ireland and ...

Ieper: Ceremony at Saint Charles de Potyze - 11/11

Please find below some pictures of the annual commemoration on Armistice 11 November 2023 at the French military cemetery Saint Charles de Potyze alongside the Zonnebeekseweg in Ieper.  The buglers of the Last Post Association also took part in this ceremony. Laying of 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 ...

Mesen: A burial service for Lance Serjeant Robert Brand - 25/10

A burial service for Lance Serjeant Robert Brand and two unknown soldiers of the 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry was be held at 11.00am (local time)on 25 October 2023 ...

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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.

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