Ypres Salient WW1 Events

Daily Last Post Ceremony

The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing

Every Day — 20:00 hours

The Menin Gate, Ypres - Ieper

At 8 o'clock (20.00 hours) every evening the traffic through the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing is stopped and buglers of The Last Post Association play Last Post followed by Reveille in a moving ceremony.

Monthly Last Post Ceremony - Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing

The Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing

Every 1st Friday of the month — 19:00 hours

Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing

The Last Post is played at the memorial on the first Friday of every month at 7 o'clock (19.00 hours). The ceremony was first started on the 7^th June 1999 and is organized by the Comité du Memorial de Ploegsteert.

Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing

Tank Memorial Ypres Salient Annual Ceremony

Saturday 26 June 2013

Location: St. George's Memorial Church, Ypres

Owing to the unfortunate damage to the Tank Memorial Ypres Salient (Poelkapelle) in a traffic accident, the annual commemoration ceremony organized by the Friends of the Tank Memorial Ypres Salient will take place in St. George's Church, Ypres.

The Friends of the Tank Memorial Ypres Salient will represent the Tank Memorial Ypres Salient at 20.00 hours at the Last Post Ceremony, Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres.

For information about the day's ceremony visit the Tank Memorial Ypres Salient (TMYS) website:

Website: tankmemorial.vpweb.co.uk

Annual Armistice Day Ceremony

Wreaths laid at the Menin Gate on Armistice Day 11 November.

Monday 11^th November 2013

A number of commemorative events take place in Ypres to mark the anniversary of Armistice Day on 11^th November 1918. The annual events include morning church services, a special Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing and an afternoon concert in St. Martin's cathedral.

Events for 2013 are as follows:

Remembrance Ceremony at the French National Cemetery Saint Charles de Potyze

Time: to be announced

For the location of this cemetery see our page at:

Saint Charles de Potyze

Morning Service at St. George's Memorial Church

Time: 09.30 hours

Attendance at the morning service is by ticket only. If you wish to apply for tickets contact St. George's Memorial Church via the website at:

Website: www.stgeorgesmemorialchurchypres.com

Service in St. Martin's Cathedral, Vandenpeerboomplein, Ieper

Time: 09.30 hours

The Poppy Parade departs from Vandenpeerboomplein

Time: 10.15 hours

Open for everyone to join it, The Poppy Parade forms up near St. George's Memorial Church and marches off to the Menin Gate in advance of the bands and main parade. The Poppy Parade passes through the Menin Gate and halts in a specially reserved place to the east of the Menin Gate.

Special Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing

Time: 11.00 hours

Bands at the Special Last Post ceremony on Armistice Day 11 November.

This service is a special Last Post Ceremony on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the Armistice. The service will be attended by bands, a choir, Standards and wreath layers. A live projection of the ceremony will be shown on a large screen in the Grote Markt market square.

Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate Memorial

Time: 20.00 hours

The Last Post Ceremony on the evening of 11^th November will be attended by some of the bands and Standards who participated in the morning ceremony.

Armistice Day in Ieper (Ypres) Events

For general information about the events for Armistice in Ypres, go to our page at:

Annual Armistice Day Commemoration Events in Ypres