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28.09
- Commemoration 106 years liberation of Passendale
25.09
- After the Great War, a New Europe 1918-1923
21.08
- Ceremony on the market square
21.08
- Ceremony German military cemetery
21.08
- Ceremony Stuivekenskerke
21.08
- Ceremony Admiral Ronarc'h
21.08
- Ceremony Belgian military cemetery
04.08
- Tribute to the King Albert I and the Heroes of the Yser
04.08
- Commemoration of French Zouaves and Marine Fusiliers
02.08
- Last Post
11.07
- Rededication Captain Valentine Knox Gilliland (Frank Mahieu)
11.07
- 4 Rededications, Hooge Crater Cemetery (Frank Mahieu)
05.07
- Last Post
03.07
- Rededication service for Private Price
03.07
- Rededication for Captain Clifford Nichols
07.06
- Last Post
07.06
- Commemoration of the Battle of Messines
26.05
- Back in time to World War I
24.05
- Memorial Day Ceremony for PVT Adolf Vercruysse
23.05
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Temporary exhibition: Reflection points - Zonnebeke - 24/04/2023
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Temporary exhibition: Reflection points - Zonnebeke - 24/04/2023
24/04/2023 - Zonnebeke
From 1 May 2023 until 19 November 2023
In 1917 hundreds of soldiers died in the grounds of Zonnebeke Chateau. Most were buried where they fell.
After the war, each body that was moved to a Commonwealth Cemetery had the coordinates recorded of the spot where it was exhumed. So we know that more than 170 Allied troops were found here, within the boundaries of the grounds. Unfortunately no details are known about the exhumation of the German war dead. Nevertheless, we suspect that hundreds of Germans died here too.
This exhibition allows you to get to know some of those who fought and died close to the museum. An online exhibition looks in more depth at events in the grounds of the chateau in 1917. When you reach the end of this exhibition, take a free walk brochure with you. It will lead you through the grounds past places where bodies were exhumed. They are marked by ‘reflection points’, which commemorate the tragedies that occurred there.
Visit the
online expo
here that takes a closer look at the events at the Zonnebeke castle grounds in 1917.
Click
here
for more information on the walk.
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