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News from Ypres 25

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[This regular item by Dr Dominiek Dendooven, researcher and curator at the In Flanders Fields Museum, detailing recent and forthcoming events around Ypres was first published in the August edition of Bulletin, the in-house member magazine of The Western Front Association. It is sent to members three times a year]. It is the 25th time I have ha…

Childhood memories of Gallipoli in the 1920s

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The passion of members of the Western Front Association is such that few fail to recognise an important historic account when they come across one – and thanks to member Edward Lever, a rare first-hand account and photographs of early commemorative work and commemoration at Gallipoli would be recorded for posterity. As part of our ongoing explorat…

Polygon Wood ANZAC Day Commemoration Ceremony 108th Anniversary

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Details from the Australian Embassy in Brussels. The program includes a dawn service at Buttes, New British Cemetery and commemorative services at Menin Gate and Toronto Avenue Cemetery. It has accompanying notes and weblinks, and includes commemorations jointly held with the New Zealand Embassy in Brussels. You will be able to follow the Anzac D…

ANZAC Day at Brandwood End Cemetery with The Gallipoli Association

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The 25th April is known in many countries as ANZAC Day. Events are held in Australia, New Zealand, the U. K., Ireland and many other countries to honour those who served in the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. Many of those who served made the ultimate sacrifice. Join us to commemorate Gallipoli/ANZAC Day in the ‘second City’ at Brandw…

ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2024: Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux

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This moving service will take place at the Australian National Memorial, France at 5.30am on Thursday 25th April 2024. This year’s ceremony marks the 106th Anniversary of the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, when Australian Troops finally captured the town after fierce fighting. This action represents the high-water mark of the German Spring Of…

ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2024: Polygon Wood

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Main Image: Lt Ernest Brooks - This photograph is © IWM (Q 2904) from the collections of the IWM: Australian troops, probably from 11th Australian Brigade, 3rd Australian Division, including men from 11th Australian Machine Gun Company, resting on their way to the front line, 26 September 1917, during the Battle of Polygon Wood. The municipality o…