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Burials in October 2019

The following burial services are due to be held at CWGC Cemeteries in October 2019. Wednesday 9 October 2019 Burial service for two unknown soldiers of the Royal Fusiliers will be held at CWGC’s New Irish Farm Cemetery. A burial service will be held for two unknown soldiers of the Royal Fusiliers at 10.30am at New Irish Farm Cemetery. The casualties were discovered in 2014 ...

8-metre-tall carved Māori monument to be unveiled in Zonnebeke

A new memorial honouring the role of New Zealand Māori and other service people in the First World War will be unveiled in the Passchendaele Memorial Park, next to the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, Zonnebeke on Anzac Day, 25 April 2019. The pou maumahara (memorial carving) was created from 4,500-year-old native New Zealand timber by master carvers, tutors and students from the New ...

Mesen: The London Scottish Regiment visited Mesen again - 06/10

On 31 Ocotber 1914, the London Scottish Regiment faught a battle at Messines and Wijtschate. Due to their courageous efforts the Germans could be stopped for a long enough ...

Passendale: Commemoration New Zealand - 12/10

12 oct. 2019: At Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passendale, an intimate ceremony was held commemorating New Zealand's  Blackest Day, 12 October 1917. The toll for he NZEF was horrendous that day: 843 New Zealand soldiers were killed that day, the highest coast of lives during the Great War for the NZEF.  LEST WE FORGET. KEI WARAWARE ...  

Passendale: Remembering New Zealand's Blackest Day (Frank Mahieu) - 12/10

12 oct. 2019: At Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passendale, an intimate ceremony was held commemorating New Zealand's  Blackest Day, 12 October 1917. The toll for he NZEF was horrendous that day: 843 New Zealand soldiers were killed that day, the highest coast of lives during the Great War for the NZEF.  LEST WE FORGET. KEI WARAWARE TATOU. Ceremony organised by the NZPT was attended ...  

Passendale: Maori from Tuhoe, New-Zealand visit Passendale - 05/10

On Saturday 5 October 2019, a delegation of Maori from Tuhoe, New Zealand, came to Passendale for a short ceremony. They were on a pilgrimage to remember the soldiers from Tuhoe who fought in ...

Wijtschate: Reburial Wytschaete Military Cemetery (Frank Mahieu) - 10/10

Wijtschate - October 10, 2019 a burial service was held at Wytschaete Military Cemetery. Two individual soldiers and the remains of 11 other soldiers were buried with full military honour performed by the soldiers of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers who also did this at the funeral for two of their predecessors at New Irish Farm Cemetery (Ieper) the day before Oct. 9th. These men buried in ...

Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 ready for the future

After the annual closing period, the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 in Zonnebeke will open its doors again on 1 February 2019. With a new exhibition space and annual commemorations, the museum wants to continue to spread the story of the Battle of Passchendaele internationally. Commemorating  one of the bloodiest periods in our history and keeping the memory of the many victims alive ...

Professor Lucy Noakes, University of Essex: Poppy Petals: The Meaning of the Great War in 21st Century Britain

In Flanders Fields Museum and the School of History/Gateways to the First World War, University of Kent present a fifth series of eight seminars on Thursday evening, free and open to all. Ieper venue and start times: Research Centre, Reading Room,  In Flanders Fields Museum, Sint-Maartensplein 3, 8900 Ieper, 7.15 pm.   24 January 2019 Professor Lucy Noakes, University of Essex, ...

Wijtschate: Burial of 13 British soldiers - 10/10

Burial service for 13 casualties of the Commonwealth Forces will be held at CWGC’s Wytschaete Military Cemetery. A burial service was held for 13 unknown soldiers of unknown regiments at 11.00am at Wytschaete Military Cemetery. The casualties were discovered in 2018 as part of an archaeological excavation of a former First World War battlefield near the town of Wytschaete, known as ...

Ieper: Reburial New Irish farm Cemetery (Frank Mahieu) - 09/10

9 October 2019: at New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ieper, the funeral service for two unknown soldiers of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.),solemnly laid to rest  so as these fallen men deserve with full military honour by their successors of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. They now finally rest amongst their fallen comrades. Rest well, we will remember them now and ever more.  ...

Programme 100 years Armistice 2018

The end of the centenary commemorations of the First World War (2014-2018) will be marked during the weekend of 9-11 November 2018 by a number of special events in Ieper and Zonnebeke. Different partners have collaborated to develop a total programme that will proclaim the universal message of peace in a serene and respectful manner. This programme is an initiative of the Flemish Government in ...

Passendale: 101th Anniversary of the liberation of Passendale - 29/09

Please find below some pictures of the 101th anniversary of the liberation of Passendale in the spring of 1918 by Belgian troops. The ceremony took place on Sunday 29 September 2019 in Passendale. ...

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