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Government of Canada recognizes nine Belgian volunteers

The Government of Canada recognizes individuals who make meaningful contributions to the well-being of Veterans and who help preserve the memory of their service, sacrifices and achievements. On Friday 3 July 2026 in Poperinge, Belgium, the Honourable Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, presented the Minister of Veterans Affairs ...

Passchendaele Museum becomes the first museum in West Flanders to receive the Green Key label

The Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke has proudly been awarded the international Green Key label. This makes it the first museum in West Flanders to receive this recognition for its sustainable operations. Green Key is an international sustainability label for tourism businesses and organisations, active in more than 70 countries across five continents. In Belgium, the label is awarded ...

Zillebeke: Rededication servive for Lance Corporal John Edgar Springate MM and Serjeant Ernest Albert Stevens - 09/06

Please find below a number of pictures of the ceremony held at Zillebeke, Hooge Crater Cemetery on Tuesday 9 June 2026. During this service Lance Corporal John Edgar Springate MM and Serjeant ...

Poelkapelle: Funeral for unknown Commonwealth soldiers / Begrafenis 3 onbekende soldaten (Frank Mahieu) - 15/07

15 juli 2026, Poelcapelle British Cemetery. Begrafenisdienst voor (3) onbekende soldaten van de Grote Oorlog. In het voorjaar van 2024 werd een groep van 12 mannen geborgen in Langemark-Poelkapelle. Uiteindelijk werd vastgesteld dat de drie sets resten die vandaag zijn begraven die van Commonwealth-soldaten waren gezien enkele artefacten die erbij werden gevonden. Ze vielen ofwel in ...  

Passendale: Rededication servive for Corporal Thomas Nigel McFarland - 07/07

Please find below a number of pictures of the ceremony held at Passendale, Passchendaele New British Cemetery, on Tuesday 7 July 2026. During this service Corporal Thomas Nigel McFarland, 1st New Zealand Machine Gun Company - Attached to 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade, got a new headstone with his name as research now has indicated that he had been buried there as ...  

Mesen: Commemoration of the Battle of Messines - 07/06

On Sunday, June 7, 2026, the Battle of Messines of June 7, 1917 was commemorated with a ceremony at the New Zealand Division Memorial Column. Please find a few photos ...

Passendale: rededication for Cpl Thomas N. McFarland (Frank Mahieu) - 07/07

Passendale - (ENG:) Rededication Service for Cpl. THOMAS NIGEL McFARLAND, of the 1st New Zealand Machine Gun Company attached to the 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade, killed in action at Passendale (Passchendaele) on New Zealand's blackest day, 12 October 1917, aged 27. Master of ceremony was Capt, James Barnes, NZ Defence Attaché in Belgium, The ceremony was conducted by Rev, Richard Clement ...

The Passchendaele Museum reopens from 1 February 2026

After a one-month closure, visitors can once again discover the story of the First World War at the Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke from 1 February 2026. The renewed museum offers visitors deeper insight into the history of the Battle of Passchendaele.   Renewed museum © Eric Compernolle The Passchendaele Museum has been renewed since April 2025. Its adapted and more ...

Passchendaele Museum looks back on a successful year 2025

The Passchendaele Museum looks back with satisfaction on the 2025 season, during which we welcomed no fewer than 107.035 visitors. The extensive museum renovation was very positively received by visitors. The updated and more chronological layout, the interactive elements, and the clear narrative generated much enthusiastic feedback. The museum hopes that in 2026 many more visitors will make ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 03/07

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 3 July 2026. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at 19.00hrs.  

Passendale: Burial service for 6 British soldiers - 10/06

On Wednesday 10 June 2026 a burial service took plase at Tyne Cot Cemtery at Passendale and this for the following soldiers: Private Horace Frederick Cook Private Frederick Martin Private Thomas Redvers Whitaker Private Courtney Darvill Hart Private Joseph Turnley Private Charles Richard Russell all of 2/4 Battalion Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment. The service was ...

Visit the Passchendaele Museum this winter

This year, the Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke will remain open longer than usual. For the first time, visitors can also explore the museum in December and throughout the Christmas period. They will discover the renewed museum, featuring a reworked storyline and an enhanced visitor experience. Renewed museum In the renewed Passchendaele Museum, an adapted and more chronological ...

Passendale: Burial service for two unknown Commonwealth soldiers - 03/06

On Wednesday, 2 June 2026, at 11:00 hours, a burial service took place at the British Tyne Cot Cemetery in Passchendaele for two unknown Commonwealth soldiers kilmled during the Great War. The ...

  • Experience war and peace in Flanders Fields

    The website Greatwar.be introduces you in the theme of the Great War in the In Flanders Fields region. The database contains an overview of all monuments, sites, locations, cemeteries, ... in Flanders Fields.

    Further on you will find the important events that remember the First World War, a list op publications, the musea, interesting websites and extensive historical information.

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