Armistice 2018

Armistice 2018: speeches Chairman Benoit Mottrie

Speeches Benoit Mottrie, Chairman of the Last Post Association 11/11/2018 – 11.00 uur Minister president, burgemeester, gouverneur, excellenties, ladies and gentlemen, dames en heren, The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Armistice Day, 1918. A moment that will live in history. And what a remarkable moment it must have been for […]

Inauguration of the replica’s of the Menin Gate Lions

Inauguration of the replica's of the Menin Gate Lions: speech chairman Benoit Mottrie

Speech Benoit Mottrie, Chairman of the Last Post Association – 05/11/2018 Dit is een historische dag voor alle Ieperlingen, maar zeker ook voor alle medewerkers van de Last Post Association. Wij zijn vereerd onze bijdrage te Hebben kunnen leveren tot de terugkeer van de Leeuwen aan de Menenpoort. We are grateful to all all public […]

Welcome to the lions

The Menin Gate lions are returning permanently to Ieper The Menin Gate lions are coming home. The Australian Government has gifted replica Menin Gate lions to the people of Belgium as a permanent reminder of their dedication to remembering Australia’s sacrifice in the First World War. The City of Ieper, the Australian Government and the […]

Programme 100 years Armistice 2018

Programme 100 years Armistice 2018

Events at Ieper and Zonnebeke The end of the centenary commemorations of the First World War (2014-2018) will be marked during the weekend of 9-11 November 2018 by a number of special events in Ieper and Zonnebeke. Different partners have collaborated to develop a total programme that will proclaim the universal message of peace in […]

90th anniversary of the Last Post Association

90th anniversary of the Last Post Association

02/07/1928 – 02/07/2018 Report by Sir Edward Crofton, Chairman of The Friends of St George’s Memorial Church, Ypres Thursday 5th July 2018 dawned bright and clear, under a cloudless sky. All of those, including Dr Derek Gallagher and myself, representing The Friends of St George’s, who had the privilege of attending the 90th Anniversary Celebrations […]

90th anniversary of the Last Post Association: speeches Chairman Benoit Mottrie

90th anniversary of the Last Post Association

02/07/1928 – 02/07/2018 Drink Museumcafé In 1928, a man named Pierre Vandenbraambussche had an idea. As police commissioner in Ieper, he had seen at first hand the horrors of war and the misery it inflicts on both soldiers and civilians alike. After the war, he had also seen the grief that the loss of so […]

ANZAC Day 2018

ANZAC Day 2018: Speech Chairman Benoit Mottrie

Speech Benoit Mottrie, Chairman of the Last Post Association Excellenties, Ladies and gentlemen, We are here today to, once again, remember the courage of the ANZAC Corps and to commemorate those of its number who gave their lives for the causes of justice and freedom in the Great War 1914-1918. By the time the final […]

A delegation of the Last Post Association (Ieper-Belgium) travels to New York

On Monday, April 23rd 2018, a delegation of the Ypres’ Last Post Association travels to New York.

Departure on Monday, April 23rd 2018 A delegation of the Last Post Association (Ieper-Belgium) travels to New YorkOn Monday, April 23rd 2018, a delegation of the Ypres’ Last Post Association travels to New York. The delegation consists of director Mathieu Mottrie and buglers Rik Vandekerckhove and Filip Deramoudt. They travel to New York with Belgian […]

31,000th daily Last Post Ceremony

On Wednesday, 4 April 2018 at 8.00 PM, the daily Last Post will be played for the 31,000th time at the Menin Gate.

On 04/04/2018 On Wednesday, 4 April 2018 at 8.00 PM, the daily Last Post will be played for the 31,000th time at the Menin Gate. The Last Post Association started this daily tribute to the fallen of the Great War on 2 July 1928. Almost 90 years later, the Last Post Association wants to thank […]