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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 ...

Kemmel: Centenary of the Battle of Kemmel Hill - 27/04

Like every year there was a commemoration to remember the Battle of Kemmel Hill. This year it was the centenary. Due to the fact that there are few parking space at the memorial, the guests ...

Watou: Internationaal Gregoriaans Festival Watou 2018 - 14/05

Het Internationaal Gregoriaans Festival Watou had plaats van 4 tot 13 mei 2018. De pré-ouvertures waren in Houtkerke (Frans-Vlaanderen), Grimbergen, Poperinge, Koksijde, Antwerpen, Brussel, Duinkerke, Wervik en Haringe. Het kernprogramma vond plaats in Watou van 9 tot en met 13 mei 2018. Wat een virtuositeit uit alle hoeken van de wereld in Watou! Australië - België - ...  

Ieper: Last Post - 07/05

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Monday, 7 May 2018 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: Sacred Heart High School (Can) Katholieke Centrumscholen Sint-Truiden OLVI-Pius X School, Zele Sint Ursula Instituut, Lier Channing School Gibb family Instituut Mevrouw Govaerts Santomero Book ...  

Ploegsteert: New monument for the Anzac soldiers - 25/04

Please find below a series of photos of the inauguration of the new monument for the Anzac soldiers near the Plugstreet 1914-1918 Experience Center. The new monument was inaugurated on Anzac Day, ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 04/05

Ploegsteert - Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday, 4 May 2018. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs. Details of some wreaths at the ...

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 ...

Restoring CWGC Artillery Wood Cemetery 100 years after First World War

Flemish Minister-President Bourgeois subsidizes 3.9 million euro for restoration of 24 cemeteries  On 7 June 2017 Geert Bourgeois, Flemish Minister-President and Flemish Minister for Immovable Heritage,  and, Sir Tim Laurence, Vice-Chairman of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) signed a multi-annual premium agreement for the restoration work on 24 CWGC Military ...

Ieper: Last Post - 02/05

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Wednesday, 2 May 2018 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: Liberation Tours Canada Cullen group  

The Torch of the Relais Sacré was present at the plaque commemorating Admiral Ronarc'h and his Marine Fusiliers - 28/04

Yesterday, the Torch was present at the ceremony for the Battle of Kemmel Hill. Today, April 28 2018, she was present at the ceremony at Diksmuide to commemorate the heroic actions of the Fusiliers-Marines in 1914. Procession from the City Hall to the Monument Arrival of the Eternal Flame. Lt-Col Claude Michel gave some explication. Welcome by ...

New Zealand’s Minister of Defence will visit the WW1 battlefields in Belgium

On 14 February 2018, Valentine’s Day, New Zealand’s Minister of Defence will visit the WW1 battlefields in Belgium. There will be a short ceremony at Buttes New British Cemetery (Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke) at 5.00 pm. Public and press are welcome. At 8.00 pm the Minister will attend the Last Post Service at the Menin Gate. Buttes New British has been chosen because the only ...

Mesen: Anzac Day Messines - 25/04

Please find below some photos of Anzac Day at Messines. The ceremony took place at the New Zealand Memorial ...

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