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Armistice 2019: Speech Chairman Benoit Mottrie
Special Last Post 11 a.m. Burgemeester, Excellenties, Ladies and gentlemen, dames en heren, This is the first 11 November ceremony since the end of the

75 years resumption of the Last Post after the liberation on 06/09/1944
Speech Chairman Benoit Mottrie During the 20th century, it was necessary to fight two world wars before the peoples of Europe finally found a way

Last Post Association organises its 16th remembrance concert during this year’s Armistice commemorations
Saturday 9 November and Monday 11 November 2019 On Saturday 9 November and Monday 11 November 2019, the Last Post Association will be organising the

75 years of continuous Last Post ceremonies
Special Last Post on 6 September 2019 6 September 2019: the City of Ieper and the Last Post Association commemorate 75 years of continuous Last

Photobook: The Last Post Ceremony during the centenary of the Great War
Photos from the period 2014-2018 The years between 2014 and 2018 saw a series of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Great War.

Armistice 2018
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

Inauguration of the replica’s of the Menin Gate Lions
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

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

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