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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 ...

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 ...

Passendale: Armistice on Tyne Cot Cemetery - 11/11

On Armistice 11 November 2021 a ceremony was organised on Tyne Cot Cemetery at Passendale. Besides the city council, representatives of the CWGC and several embassies took part in the ...

Ploegsteert: Christmas Truce - 19/12

Pleace find below some pictures of the annual Christmas Truce event held at Ploegsteert on Sunday 19 December 2021, near the UEFA monument situated just aside Prowse Point Military Cemetery. The event commemorates the Christmas Truce of December 1914 when the fighting stopped and the German and British soldiers left the trenches to celebrate Christmas ...  

Passendale: Burial service for nine British soldiers - 17/11

A burial service was held for nine British soldiers on Wednesday 17 November 2021 at 11.00am at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium. Second Lieutenants Leslie Wallace Ablett, Edward Douglas Bruty, Serjeant Thomas Feasby, Lance Corporal Stanley Blakeborough, Privates Harry Miller, Joseph Patrickson MM and Arnold Sanderson MM were laid to rest along with an ...  

Vleteren: Armistice Day - 11/11

Please find below some pictures of Armistice Day in Vleteren. Flowers were laid at the monuments in West- and Oostvleteren. The main ceremony this year took place at ...

Passendale: Begrafenis van 9 Britse soldaten / Burial of 9 British soldiers (Frank Mahieu) - 17/11

Passendale - Today, Nov. 17th 2021, at Tyne Cot Cemetery  a burial service was held  for 9  fallen British soldiers. Eight are from 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers and 1 Unknown Soldier of an Unknown Regiment. Seven of Northumbrian Fusiliers have been identified, i.e.: 2/Lt Leslie Wallace Ablett 2/Lt Edward Douglas Bruty Sjt Thomas Feasby L/Cpl Stanley Blakeborough Pte ...

Innovations in the permanent exhibition of the IFFM

IFFM 2021 – upgrade This spring, the In Flanders Fields Museum presents a large number of innovations in the permanent exhibition. When many thousands of visitors from Belgium and abroad will find their way back to Ypres, they will be able to visit an even more attractive museum thanks to an investment of 400,000 euros. Three audio guide tours From now on, you can also visit the ...

354,000 euros for the restoration of Commonwealth war cemeteries

Matthias Diependaele, Flemish Minister of Heritage, grants 354,291 euros for the restoration of Commonwealth war cemeteries. “The military cemeteries in West Flanders are part of the landscape. They are astonishing reminders of the importance of peace. I am therefore delighted that the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cares for these cemeteries in an immaculate way and I gladly support ...

Ieper: Ceremony Indian monument / Ceremonie Indisch monument (Frank Mahieu) - 12/11

At the ramparts at the Menin Gate, Ypres, the fallen soldiers of India were again commemorated. The ceremony was attended by military and civilian officials from India, the UK, Belgium, the CWGC and the city of Ypres. Colour party was formed by men of the Royal Entente Ypres. Buglers of the Last Post Association played the Last Post and military tunes. This year the small intimate ...

Bikschote: Ceremony Welsh monument - 11/11

Please find below some pictures taken on Armistice Day at Bikschote during the ceremony at the Welsh monument on Thursday 11 November 2021. Feel free to follow Nick Mol on Facebook.  

From 1 July: (limited) public attendance resumes at the Last Post ceremony

In recent months, the Last Post Association has done everything possible to ensure the continuity of the daily Last Post ceremony. Now that the corona regulations are starting to be relaxed, from Wednesday, 1 July 2020 it will once again be possible for a limited number of members of the public to attend the ceremony. The continuity of the daily ceremony remains unbroken Since the ...

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

Please find beloiw some pictures of the commemoration on Armistice 11/11/2021 on the French military cemetery Saint-Charles de Potyze at ...

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