THE LAST POST CEREMONY AT THE MENIN GATE, YPRES. - The Last Post has been sounded at the Menin Gate Ypres, ever since the Memorial was erected, until the Germans invaded Belgium. The Belgiums then stopped the nightly ceremony on 10th May, 1940. Ypres was liberated on the 6th Sept, 1944. and the Ceremony was restarted on the 7th Sept, 1944. The Last Post is sounded at the Menin Gate at hrs. in the Winter and hrs in the Summer, every evening. The two men sounding the Last Post are M. Leon De. Groot, and Both are members of the Ypres Fire Brigade, at the present time assisting in
THE LAST POST CEREMONY AT THE MENIN GATE, YPRES. - The Last Post has been sounded at the Menin Gate Ypres, ever since the Memorial was erected, until the Germans invaded Belgium. The Belgiums then stopped the nightly ceremony on 10th May, 1940. Ypres was liberated on the 6th Sept, 1944. and the Ceremony was restarted on the 7th Sept, 1944. The Last Post is sounded at the Menin Gate at hrs. in the Winter and hrs in the Summer, every evening. The two men sounding the Last Post are M. Leon De. Groot, and Both are members of the Ypres Fire Brigade, at the present time assisting in the local Police Service. The Last Post is sounded every evening at the Menin Gate in Honour of the Allied Soldiers who died defending Belgium in the Great War, 1914-18, British Army, 21st Army Group
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