Armistice Remembrance

On 11 November at 11 o’clock in the morning the First World War ended. Every year we remember that day with special ceremonies and concerts.

YPRES

Wednesday 9 November 2022

Seminar: A street called Langemarck: War, propaganda and memory in contemporary Germany in collaboration with the University of Kent and the Western Front Association.
www.inflandersfields.be/nl/programma-1/kent-ieper-01-2022 

Friday 11 November

08.45 A.M. - Commemoration French cemetery St. Charles de Potyse
09.15 A.M. - Service in St. Georges Memorial Church
09.30 A.M. - Eucharist in the St. Martin's Cathedral  
10.20 A.M. - Poppy Parade led by Ypres Surrey Pipes & Drums
10.30 A.M. - Ceremony at the Belgian Monument
11.00 A.M. - Ceremony and Last Post under the Menin Gate (by invitation only)
11.50 A.M. - Parade from Menin Gate to Ypres Main Square
Noon - concert West Yorkshire Police Band (free of charge - Main square)
02.00 P.M. - Carillon concert by Ludo Geloen. Best place to listen: inner courtyard Cloth Halls
02:00 P.M. - city walk to commemorate the civilian victims of WWI in Ypres. Info and registration at https://www.inflandersfields.be/en/program/wapenstilstand2022-e
05.00 P.M. - Concert The Great War Remembered in St. Martin’s Cathedral
08.00 P.M. - Daily Last Post Ceremony under the Menin Gate

Saturday 12 November

10.30 A.M. - Ceremony at the Indian Monument (Menin Gate)
05.00 P.M. - Concert The Great War Remembered in St. Martin’s Cathedral
08.30 P.M. - Concert The Great War Remembered in St. Martin’s Cathedral 

https://www.toerismeieper.be/armistice

ZONNEBEKE

Thursday 10 November

06.00 PM Passchendaele ceremony with torch parade
The Canadian capture of the Passchendaele ruins on 10 November 1917 marked the end of the Battle of Passchendaele. On 10 November 2022, the 'Passchendaele Ceremony' commemorates the end of the battle and all victims, regardless of nationality. The ceremony starts at 6 PM with a subdued reflection at the Crest Farm Canadian Memorial, followed by a torchlight procession along Canada Avenue. The procession follows the route of the bloody last hundreds of metres of the attack and ends at Passchendaele church.

Thursday 11 November

Armistice Day will be commemorated in Zonnebeke with various ceremonies.

11.00 AM Lament at Tyne Cot Cemetery
02.00 PM Ceremony Black Watch corner
03.30 PM Ceremony at Tyne Cot Cemetery

TALBOT HOUSE POPERINGE

Wednesday 10 November

03.00 PM Armistice service of rememberance in the chapel

In the Upper Room, the shrine of the Ypres Arch said Tubby, we remember the victims of World War I and in particular the Talbotousians who went before us. The service will be presided over by Rev Ken Madden, Talbot House Warden. Attendance by invitation only due to the limited number of places.

08.00 PM Concert A sense of Peace: Alexander Kashpurin & System 5 Brass

Our first Concert Hall Music is titled 'A Sense of Peace', a phrase by which founder Tubby Clayton referred to what his visitors sought in the House during the Great War. Today, it is fair to say that little has changed on that front. On the eve of Armistice Day, Russian and American musicians climb the stage together to offer us too a "sense of peace" in what still remains a complicated world.