This is an annual event which commemorates the Canadian victory at Passchendaele on November 10, 1917.
Canada's great victory at Passchendale came at a high price. More than 4 000 Canadian soldiers died in the fighting there and almost 12 000 were wounded. The sacrifices and achievements of those who gave so much will never be forgotten.

First there was a commomorative ceremony at the Passchendale Canadian Memorial, followed by a processional march from the memorial to the Market Place where a ceremony and open air reception took place. A concert at the Passchendaele Church finalized this commemorative event.

Ceremony at Crest Farm
Opening remarks by Masters of Ceremonies; Lt-Col Carl Gauthier (English and French) and Mrs. Isolde Ureel (Dutch)





The Catafalque Party by Belgian soldiers



Arrival of the Flags







Song 'A Place in my heart' by Alan Brydon


 
Welcome by Mr. Dirk Sioen, Mayor of Zonnebeke and Mrs. Sabone Vanderhaeghen, Alderman of Zonnebeke







Religious ecumenical moment of reflection by André De Cock, Belgian padre and Lt Zbigniew Jonczyk, Canadian Armed Forces padre





Reading of a Canadian and German text from soldiers present at Passchendaele:
Signaller Arthur Lapointe by Gérémy Côté Canadian Youth



Lieutenant Ernst Junger in German by Oberstleutnan Dirksmeirer



Song 'Amazing Grace' by Hanne and Johan





Remembrance of two Canadian soldiers who died at Passchendaele 1917. Two Canadian cadets, hold the pictures of the two Canadian Soldiers while text being read. Later the photos were carried to the memorial.
Private Willem Vanheluwe by Captain Stephan Kessler



Captain RA Brown by Coporal Catriona Fitzgerald




Canadian Piper played 'Flowers of the Forest'



Ich Hatt' ein Kameraden by Mrs. Emma Brown



Wreath Laying



















Last Steps walk, through Canada lane



Ceremony at the Market Place



Announcement by Masters of Ceremonies



Speech by Mr. Vandeput, Minister of Defence, Belgian Federal Government



Speech by Mr. Tommelein, Vice-Minister-President, Flemish Government



Song 'Requiem for a soldier' by Mrs. Emma Brown



Speech by Mrs. Sherry Romanando, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence



Last Post



Exhortation in four languages: French, Dutch, Ojibwe and English
Lt-Kol Christophe Onraet (Dutch)



Ambassador of Canade for the Kingdom Belgium and to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Mr. Oliver Nicoloff (English)



Flay Party laid down their rifles, Present Arms by the Belgian contingent, followed by the folding of the Canadian Flag by the Belgian Flag Party









Corporal of Flag Party presented the flag to the Belgian Detachment Commander who handed over the flag to the Ambassador.



After the National Anthems, one piper started playing and marched towards the Belgian Flag Party and led them through the entrance fences to mark the end of the ceremony.



Concert 'Passchendale, The End of the Road' at Passchendale Church



































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