Speech Philip De Bruyn, Vice-Chairman Last Post Association Your Royal Highness, Minister, Excellencies, Honoured Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is now one hundred years since the Third Battle of Ieper was fought in the fields beyond this city. Much has changed in those hundred years. If the men who took part in the battle could […]
With King Filip and Queen Mathilde On Sunday, November 5th 2017, a delegation of the Ypres’ Last Post Association travelled to India and Australia on the occasion of Armistice. The delegation consisting of Chairman Benoit Mottrie and buglers (and brothers) Rik and Dirk Vandekerckhove will participate at several official ceremonies. This trip once again underlines […]
Menin Gate Memorial, 11 October 2017 On 12 October 2017, New Zealand marks 100 years since its participation in the World War One Battle of Passchendaele, a disaster that still ranks as the “darkest day” for the South Pacific country. Events on 11 and 12 October to mark the centenary include New Zealand’s National Commemorative […]
To be installed in Ieper in 2018 Australia will produce replicas of the famous Menin Gate Lions and gift them to the Belgian city of Ypres in recognition of the hundredth anniversary of Australia’s campaign in Flanders during the First World War. The Menin Gate Lions were given to the Australian War Memorial by the […]
Speech Benoit Mottrie, Chairman Last Post Association Ministers, Excellencies, In 1862, the City of Ieper decided to demolish the old Menin Gate, which had stood at this spot since medieval times. It was also decided that two stone lions – which had been removed from the ceremonial staircase leading to the Cloth Hall – should […]
On Monday 24 April 2017 On Monday 24 April 2017 a special Last Post will take place at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ieper (Belgium) for the unveiling of the ‘Menin Gate Lions’ who have now returned from Australia. Another special Last Post will be held on Anzac Day, Tuesday 25 April […]
For the centenary of the 3rd Battle of Ieper 2017 is again an important year for Ieper within the context of commemorating ‘100 years of the First World War 2014-2018’. The first top moment will be the unveiling and inauguration of the stone ‘Menin Gate Lions‘ during a special Last Post ceremony on Monday 24 […]
On 30 and 31 July 2017 The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) and the UK government have announced that descendants of those who fought at the Third Battle of Ypres will be invited to CWGC Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium to mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele. There will be 4,000 tickets available […]
Bugler for more than 61 years On Wednesday, 1 February2017, Antoon Verschoot passed away in Ieper at the age of 91 years. Antoon was a bugler of the Last Post Association from 1954 until December 2015. For more than 61 years, he played the Last Post each evening with his colleagues under the Menin Gate […]
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