Between 19.30 and 20.30. City of Ieper, Last Post Association and Commonwealth War Graves Commission work together to optimize traffic flow and safety at the Menin Gate During the past year and a half, there has been a noticeably strong increase in the number of visitors to Ieper and the front region. With the start […]
On 04/06/2013 The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, attended the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate on 4 June 2013 at 8.00 PM. Her Excellency was accompanied by His Excellency Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, the Australian Ambassador to Belgium, Mr Duncan Lewis AO, and […]
By ABC News Australia Every night at 8:00pm, the haunting sounds of the bugle playing the Last Post can be heard from the Menin Gate in the Belgian town of Ypres. Click here for the video made by ABS News (Australia).
At Messines Ridge British Cemetery Please find here the link to the short movie made by Philip Vanoutrive on the reburial of the New Zealand soldier at Messines Ridge British Cemetery on Monday, 25/02/2013. Three buglers of the Last Post Association participated in this ceremony. Lesley Bellew provided us the following link.
Visits to Melbourne and Canberra On Tuesday, November 6th, 2012, a delegation of the Ypres’ Last Post Association will travel to Melbourne, Australia. The delegation consisting of Jan Matsaert (member of the board) and buglers Filip Top and Jan Callemein who will participate at the official ceremonies on the occasion of Armistice. This trip underlines […]
Panels at section 34 Commonwealth War Graves CommissionYpres Menin Gate Memorial Work will commence on 7 May 2012 to replace the name panels at section 34 of the Menin Gate Memorial. During the works access to the panels at section 34 and the adjacent sections 32, 30 and part of 22 will not be possible. […]
Traditionally on 25th April, the day of the landing in Gallipoli, the Australian and New Zealand communities remember the fallen of their countries during the Great War. The morning remembrance services are held in Zonnebeke, Passendale and Mesen. It ends with a special Last Post Ceremony under the Meningate at Ieper which starts at 11.00hrs. All supporting […]
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Lloyd Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada attended the Last Post ceremony on Sunday, April, 8th, 2012.
A very good friend whom I have known since childhood was a member of the youth fire brigade, then going on to follow a course to become a fireman. The idea to present myself as a candidate to become a voluntary fireman also appealed to me. From time to time I was allowed to join […]
In June 2011, The Last Post Association received a positive answer for withholding the Last Post ceremony at Ieper on the Flemish Inventory for Immaterial Cultural Heritage. This acknowledgment is the first step towards a possible incorporation on the well-known UNESCO World Heritage List. The aim of the Flemish Inventory for Immaterial Cultural Heritage is […]
