On the Road to Passchendaele

06/11/2019

THE CEREMONY IS CANCELLED, DUE TO A PARALLEL INITIATIVE OF A THIRD PARTY.

As we think commemoration events should not be subject of competition, we have decided to cancel the event. Please accept that this was a hard decision for us, as we had put quite some effort in the organisation. Sorry for any inconvenience this might cause.

03/11/2019

Don't miss our Scottish Armistice Day ceremony at Black Watch Corner!

08/10/2019

17/07/2019

100.000 views in 25 months, an impressive result!

The first of a series of flashmobs in Flemish cities, aimed at raising awareness on the Centenary of the dramatic fight towards the small town of Passchendae...

13/07/2019

Since this evening, the circle is round for "The Long Road to Passchendaele"- Great War remembrance project. One memorial installation, spread over two sites, over 800 km. away, connecting the Scottish city of Hawick, one of the hometowns where so many young Scots left for war, and Zonnebeke/Passchendaele, in the very centre of the bloody fields of Flanders.

Extremely proud! Hats off for Alan Brydon , Sandy Llaing and the people of Hawick.

08/03/2019

Although not Great War, but WW2 related, we're always willing to support a great remembrance cause.

May we ask your support (and, most important, signature) for the following?

Just follow the link, the text is bilingual Dutch/ English. Many thanks for your help.

Roeselare 1944: straatnamen voor/ street names to Simonne Brugghe & Polish General Maczek

01/01/2019

In memory of the more than 200 men from the Outer Hebrides, who finally sailed home after four years of Great War, and drowned on New Years day 1919 within less less than 100 yards of their native shore, when their ship, HMY Iolaire, hit a rock near Stornoway, the port of destination. They are not forgotten.

Very moving song about the tragic sinking of HMY Iolaire on the 1st of January 1919.

13/12/2018

In Bladensburg, Maryland, there is a memorial to the 49 men from the area who died in WWI. It was erected in 1925 by the American Legion. The memorial is

09/11/2018

For those who are in the Passchendaele area tomorrow.

15/08/2018

Ceremony open to all. Address for Satnav/ Gps (addres of nearest farm house) Haezeweidestraat 14, Langemark- Poelkapelle.

24/04/2018

A sad story ...

The 50,000-strong unit paid a high price to restore peace to France and Belgium: in the final two years of the first World War, 27,000 became casualties, of which 8,000 men lost their lives

22/01/2018

Is the missing footage lying undiscovered in a Kiwi garage?

22/11/2017

Lovely article by Ciara of the Down Recorder on my up coming film. I'm hoping filming next month is going to be warmer. EWTN

02/10/2017

A ceremony was held in Halifax on Monday as a send-off of large monument headed for Passchendaele.

28/08/2017

27/07/2017

Updated poster for 31 July. The Dawn service will include the firing of a five round salute by a Great War gun at the very moment of the start of battle. Only for early birds, start at 05.20 AM..

No registration needed, no traditional speeches, ... If you are serious about remembering them in an authentic way, be there!

17/06/2017

Watch this surprising Passchendaele 1917 flashmob in the city of Bruges/ Brugge!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6INIzPzcvMg

The first of a series of flashmobs in Flemish cities, aimed at raising awareness on the Centenary of the dramatic fight towards the small town of Passchendae...

25/04/2017

Two pipers of Field Marshal Haig's Own Pipes & Drums at the Australian ANZAC Day Ceremony at Tyne Cot Cemetery today.

22/04/2017

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM | Members of Australia’s Federation Guard pay their respects to Second Lieutenant Reginald Hickling of the 51st Battalion in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium.

For almost one hundred years, Second Lieutenant Hickling has lain to rest in a unknown grave. However, dedicated researchers from the Fallen Diggers Association have now confirmed the identity of the fallen Officer of the First World War.

A headstone rededication ceremony will take place for Second Lieutenant Hickling on Anzac Day, April 25th. May he rest in peace.

Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force

12/04/2017

Yesterday couldn't end any better, as, after weeks of nailbiting, I finally received permision to include a gun salute in our "Passchendaele Zero Hour Dawn Ceremony" at the very starting moment of the Third Ypres offensive.
Gun specialist Moortgat David is now calculating the amount of black powder we need to stay within legal regulations before deciding the number of rounds he will fire with his 25 pounder on that important moment. Ceremony will commence 05.20 AM, half an hour before the very moment of the start of battle (05.50 AM, then 04.50 AM, there is a time difference between then and now). At 05.50 AM, we will halt all proceedings and fire a number of gun rounds to commemorate all those who were engaged at "Passchendaele", regardles the side they were serving on.
Our small committee of volunteers is working hard on the preparation of this moment of reflection, organised by the people and for the people. As we want to keep the hassle for the participating battlefield pilgrims to a minimum, we're not aiming at important VVIP-presence, as a result no registration required, participants should only bring their commitment to remember. We do however appreciate to be informed if coming with a coach.
Rain or shine, the ceremony will go ahead. We don't mind standing there with 30 or 300 people, knowing that those who are with us will be there for the right reasons, on the right spot and the right time.
Later in the day, we'll also organise a ceremony at the graves of the war poets Hedd Wyn and Francis Ledwidge (Artillery Wood Cemetery).
Please don't hesitate to share!

31/03/2017

The iconic Menin Gate lions, past which thousands of Australian and other allied forces marched on their way to the Belgian battlefields of the Western Front, will return to their original home in the city of Ieper (Ypres), Belgium, as part of commemorations of the First World War.

24/03/2017

More than 2,000 Maori fought in the First World War - many of them in Gallipoli.

14/03/2017

The Kiwi boys who are resting in our soil forever have created an everlasting bond between Flanders and New Zealand!

New Zealand has farewelled a garden built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele.

21/02/2017

The centenaries of the Battles of Messines and Passchendaele will be the focus for New Zealand’s international First World War commemorations in 2017.

19/02/2017

Passchendaele epitomises everything that was most terrible about the Western Front. The photographs never sleep of this four-month battle, fought from July to November 1917, the worst year of the war: blackened tree stumps rising out of a field of mud, corpses of men and horses drowned in shell...

13/02/2017

Belgian monuments will honour soldiers killed during first World War battles

04/02/2017

The stone lions at the Australian War Memorial are returning to Belgium to mark a major WWI centenary.