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Passchendaele Museum reopens in full glory from 5 April 2025

The Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke will reopen in full glory from Saturday, 5 April 2025, following extensive renovations. The renewed Passchendaele Museum offers deeper insight into the history of the Battle of Passchendaele. With a revised storyline enriched by personal stories and authentic objects, the First World War truly comes to life within the castle. Since its opening in ...

Passchendaele Museum partly open

Still looking for an exciting day out during the crocus holiday? At the Passchendaele Museum you will experience the history of World War I in an interactive way. While the museum is being renovated, the underground halls and trenches remain accessible to visitors.  Descend into a reconstructed underground shelter together, discover more about the Battle of Passchendaele in the ...

Sint-Jan: Burial service Private John Tame - 08/05

The burial service for Pirivate John Tame, 2nd Battalion The Royal  Berkshire Regiment, took place on Thursday 8 May 2025 at New Irish Farm Cemetery in Ieper/Sint-Jan. The service was ...

Poperinge: Memorial Day Ceremony - 23/05

Please find below some pictures of the short ceremony that took place at Poperinge on Friday 23 May 2024. The ceremony took place at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery and was organised by the American Embassy in Brussels at the occasion of Memorial Day. Wreaths were laid at the graves of the American soldiers buried on this ...  

Houthulst: Commemoration Adolf Vercruysse - 23/05

Below are some photos of the commemoration organised for Private Adolf Vercruysse at the cemetery round the church of Houthulst. He emigrated to America and returned in WW1 to fight and die in Europe. His brother also fought in the same war and is buried in Houthulst (with the veterans). An American delegation was present to commemorate Adolf and his brother together on Friday 23 May ...  

Sint-Jan: Burial service for Pte. Tame (Frank Mahieu) - 08/05

8 May 2025, funeral for Pte. JOHN TAME who served with the 2nd Bn. The Royal Berkshire Regiment, son of Edward and Alice Tame of Windsor, Berkshire, killed in action on 16 ...

Wijtschate: Rededication Service for Second Lieutenant Willim Bernard Knight - 22/05

Wijtschate - A rededication service for Second Lieutenant William Bernard Knight, Nort Staffordshire Regiment, attd. 1st Bedfordshire Regiment, took place on Thursday 22 May 2025 and this on Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery at Wijtschate. The service was conducted by Reverend Garry Birch CF, Senior Chaplain Headquarters South West. William Bernard Knight was born in Hanwell, Middlesex in July 1887 to ...

Household Cavalry comes to Zandvoorde and Ypres

Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 May 2024 The Household Cavalry is coming to Zandvoorde (Zonnebeke) and Ypres during the weekend of 4 and 5 May 2024. This is to mark the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of the memorial column for the Royal Household Cavalry in Zandvoorde. They will also hold a short tattoo on the Ypres market square, attend the Last Post and particpate in the service in the ...

Lecture: Australia on the Western Front

With the commemoration of ANZAC Day approaching, the Passchendaele Museum zooms in on Australian efforts on the Western Front. Australian troops played a leading role during the Battle of Passchendaele. In the autumn of 1917, they took Polygon Wood and Zonnebeke and stormed the ridges at Broodseinde and Passchendaele. The latter proved to be a ridge too far. Australia paid a heavy price ...

Poelkapelle: Burial Private Harry James Birch and four unknown soldiers - 21/05

Please find below a series of photos of the burial service for Private Harry James Biurch, 16th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment and four unknown soldiers of unknown regiments on Wednesday 21 May 2025. The service took place at Poelcapelle British Cemetery at Poelkapelle. The service was conducted by Reverend Gary Birch CF, Senior Chaplain Headquarters South West. Harry James Birch was ...

Zillebeke: Rededication Private John Walton - 21/05

Please find below some pictures of the rededication service which took place on Wednesday 21 May 2025 at Perth Cemtery (China Wall) at Zillebeke. Private John Walton, 8th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, now has a headstone with his name on. Untill now he had been buried as an unknown soldier. John Walton was born in Birmingham in 1895, the fourth of 9 children born to John ...

The Passchendaele Museum reopens its doors with two innovations

The Passchendaele Museum at Zonnebeke opens its doors from 1 February 2024. Visitors can discover a brand new immersive experience and temporary exhibition.  With these innovations, the museum wants to continue to bring and commemorate the story of the Battle of Passchendaele and its many victims. New immersive experience ‘Passchendaele 1917’   The Passchendaele ...

Ploegsteert: Last Post - 02/05

Please find below some pictures of the Last Post ceremony at the Ploegsteert Memorial on Friday 2 May 2025. The Last Post at Ploegsteert takes place every first Friday of the month at ...

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    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.

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