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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…

11 November : 25 years since the re-inauguration of the Armistice Day ceremony at the Whitehall Cenotaph by The Western Front Association

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It is 25 years since The Western Front Association successfully campaigned to re-inaugurate the Whitehall Cenotaph ceremony on Armistice Day, and on Monday 11th November at 11am the WFA will again lead the nation in reflection and commemoration. Following the Second World War the focus of Britain's national commemoration shifted to Remembrance S…

‘In Honour and in Memory: The Story of the Menin Gate Memorial’ by Gerry White

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The Menin Gate Memorial is one of the most famous structures in the Belgian city of Ieper (Ypres) and it is acknowledged as the major contribution made by Britain to the reconstruction of the city after the Great War. Inscribed with the names of over 53,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth who lost their lives in the Ypres S…