Enjoy the concert 2025

Welcome on one of the concerts 2025 in the cathedral of Ieper. Please read the guidelines below to make the concert an unforgettable experience. The Last Post Association wishes you a beautiful concert. Timing On the exception of last minute changes, the concerts will take place as follows: 09/11/2025: start at 17.00 (doors open at […]

Remembrance Day 11/11/2025

On Armistice Day, 11th November 2025, a special Last Post will take place at 11.00 AM. Members of the Last Post Association who would like to be present at the 11.00 AM ceremony are kindly asked to request their tickets. In view of the significance of the date, a lot of people are again expected […]

LPA travels to Canada

A delegation of the Last Post Association (Ieper-Belgium) travels to Canada  On Thursday, June 19th 2025, the Ypres’ Last Post Association travels to Halifax, Canada.  The delegation consists of director Patrick Donck and buglers Rik Vandekerckhove and Bavo Ketels. They travel to Canada for the unveiling of the restored Last Steps Memorial Arch in Halifax […]

VE-Day 2025: Speech

08/05/2025 – Speech by Patrick Donck, director of the Last Post Association Commemorative Speech – 80 Years Since the End of the Second World War Dames en heren,Ladies and gentlemen, Vandaag 80 jaar geleden kwam er een einde aan de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Europa maar liet een nog groter spoor van menselijk leed na dan […]

ANZAC Day 2025: speech

Address by Benoit Mottrie, Chairman of the Last Post Association Burgemeester, Excellenties, Distinguished Guests, Members of the Armed Forces, Veterans, and families, ladies and gentlemen,  We gather here today, beneath the solemn arch of the Menin Gate. To remember. To honor. To reflect.  This place – carved with the names of more than 54,000 soldiers who […]

110th anniversary of the first gas attack

Address by Benoit Mottrie, Chairman of the Last Post Association Commemorating the Fallen of the Commonwealth and the 110th Anniversary of the First Gas Attack Ladies and Gentlemen, Each evening, we gather here in this sacred place to honour the fallen of the Commonwealth – those who gave their lives in the First World War […]