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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 ...

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 ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 04/05

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 ...

Ieper: Last Post - 10/06

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Sunday, 10 June 2018 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: One-Off Brass Hanns family LASRA MMBT P. Turner Anglo European School    

Ieper: Last Post - 04/06

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post under the Menin Gate on Monday, 4 June 2018 at 8.00 PM. During this ceremony wreaths were laid by: Taylor family Joyner family Maslen family United States Military Academy at West Point    

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 ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 01/06

Ploegsteert - Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday, 1 June 2018. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs. Wreaths and crosses at the monument. The ceremony of Friday, 1 June ...

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 ...

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 ...

Langemark-Poelkapelle: Bradford City Supporters honour Jimmy Speirs (Frank Mahieu) - 22/05

Members of the Bradford City Supporters Club paid tribute on 22nd May 2018 to their former footbal player Sgt. Jimmy Speirs, KIA 20 August 1917, buried at Dochy Farm New British Cemetery. The RBL Scotland Passchendaele was present here and received a gift from the supporters club. Op 22 mei 2018 brachten leden van de Bradford City Supporters Club een eerbetoon aan hun voormalige ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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