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Ypres Poppy Parade and Remembrance Ceremony

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The annual Remembrance ceremony in Ypres this year will commemorate the 106th Anniversary of the Armistice. There will be a number of events in the city and surrounding area on the day. 08.45 A.M. - Commemoration French cemetery St. Charles de Potyze 09.15 A.M. - Service in St. George's Memorial Church 09.30 A.M. - Eucharist in the St. Martin's...


'Book Launch Event, Photographic Exhibition and Lecture' with Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy

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On Friday 10th November 2023, author, photographer and economist, Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy will launch and be signing his next book: In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War - Sarajevo to Versailles (Volume Two) . The event will be held in St Augustine's Church, Passchendaele at 8pm following the Commemoration Ceremony at Crest Farm Memorial...


Dawn Commemoration of the Battle of Arras 106th Anniversary

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Image: Lt John Brooke - This is photograph is Q 5113 from the collections of the IWM - Troops of the 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers waiting in Arras for the order to move up, 9 April 1917.  In the early hours of the morning of 9th April 1917, the Battle of Arras commenced with 24,000 British soldiers emerging from the protection of underground...


Hawthorn Ridge Crater Commemoration - 1st July 2024

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One of the most iconic sequences of film footage from the First World War is undoubtedly Geoffrey Malin's capture of the Hawthorn Redoubt Mine being detonated at 7.20am on 1st July 1916 and the subsequent failure of the attack made by the 29th Division in the Beaumont Hamel area. The annual commemoration ceremony organised by the Hawthorn Ridge...


Passchendaele Remembrance Ceremony and Torchlight Procession

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On the 10th November 1917, the village of Passchendaele was taken by troops of the Canadian Corps and this marked the culmination of the Third Battle of Ypres. The terrible fighting and treacherous conditions over the best part of almost three and a half months had taken it’s toll on both sides. The estimated casualties have been given to be ove...


Beaumont Hamel - 51st (Highland) Division and Hawthorn Crater Commemorations

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On the 13th November 1916, in one of the final engagements of the Battle of the Somme, the 51st (Highland) Division advanced on and finally captured Beaumont Hamel, which had been a first-day objective on the 1st July. Ceremonies will be held at Beaumont Hamel on 13th November 2024 to mark the 108th anniversary of the second blow of the Hawthorn...


Lochnagar Remembrance Ceremony - 11th November 2023

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The Friends of Lochnagar invites everyone to an Armistice Day remembrance Ceremony at Lochnagar Crater which will commence at 12.00 midday on 11th November 2023. Attendees should arrive at the Crater by 11.50am and if you have a whistle from the period, please bring it along. There will also be a Facebook Livestream from the Lochnagar Ceremony w...


Dawn Commemoration of the Battle of Arras 2024

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Image: Lt John Brooke - This is photograph is Q 5113 from the collections of the IWM - Troops of the 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers waiting in Arras for the order to move up, 9 April 1917.  In the early hours of the morning of 9th April 1917, the Battle of Arras commenced with 24,000 British soldiers emerging from the protection of underground...


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...


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...


Vimy Ridge Day 2024

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The Government of Canada will be holding a commemoration event at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial at 3pm on Tuesday 9th April 2024. This will mark the 107th Anniversary of the Canadian Corps’ magnificent action in capturing Vimy Ridge in the early days of the Battle of Arras. The memorial, designed by Walter S. Allward and unveiled by King E...


3 Day Event - The Way Back Experience at Passchendaele Museum 1917

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Over the weekend of the 24th to 26th May 2024, the Passchendaele Museum 1917 in partnership with the University of Canterbury and the University of the Arts London, will be organising ‘De Weg Terug – The Way Back’ theatre walks around the Zonnebeke Castle grounds which will examine the pilgrimages of the thousands of grieving family members who...


Thiepval Memorial Commemoration - 1st July 2024

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At 10.30am on the 1st of July 2024, there will be a commemoration service at the Thiepval Memorial to mark the 108th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Etched on the walls of this iconic monument, cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, are the names of 72,000 British and South African soldiers who fought and died in the area,...


Ulster Memorial Tower Service of Remembrance - 1st July 2024

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A Service of Remembrance to commemorate the 108th anniversary of The Battle of the Somme will be held at the Ulster Memorial Tower, Thiepval, France on the 1st of July 2024 at 2.30pm. The memorial is a replica of Helen’s Tower on the Clandeboye Estate in Co. Down and this is the area, including the nearby Schwaben Redoubt, around which the 36th...


Commemoration at the Ginchy Cross in Guillemont - 1st July 2024

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On the 1st of July 2024, there will be an Act of Remembrance to commemorate the 108th anniversary of The Battle of the Somme at the Ginchy Cross, Guillemont, France at 4.30pm. The 16th (Irish) Division went into action here in September 1916, suffering over 4,300 casualties and the memorial is inscribed in Gaelic “Do chum Gloire De agus Onora na...


Riqueval Bridge Commemoration - 29th September 2024

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On Sunday 29th September 2024, there will be a commemoration service at Riqueval Bridge to mark the capture of the bridge by the 46th Division in 1918. On the 106th anniversary of this famous action, the President of the Office de Tourism du Pays du Vermandois, Daniel Denivet, will unveil a new information panel together with the recently renova...


Vimy Ridge - Remembrance Day Commemoration - 10th November 2024

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The Government of Canada will be holding an act of remembrance at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, on Sunday 10th November 2024 at 11am. This inspiring memorial, located just to the north of the city of Arras, honours all Canadians who served during the First World War and bears the inscribed names of over 11,000 of those who died in France...


In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War - Book Talk and Signing Event

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In 2014, Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy started a project to follow and photograph how people across the world commemorated the Centennial of the Great War culminating in his two-volume work of ‘In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War - From Sarajevo to Versailles’. Attila will be holding a book talk and signing event at the new Commonwealth War...