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[waynepoo]

MENIN GATE.
Wayne.

 

[Guy]

very nice Wayne . A backdrop from my country and not so far from where I live.
Do you know that every evening since 1928 ( with the exception of the 5 years of occupation by the Germans in WWII ) the ceremony of the last post has been celebrated. The day before yesterday there were 1000 young Canadian boys and girls who attended the ceremony together with the Canadian prime minister.
guy:smile2:

 

[waynepoo]

very nice Wayne . A backdrop from my country and not so far from where I live.
Do you know that every evening since 1928 ( with the exception of the 5 years of occupation by the Germans in WWII ) the ceremony of the last post has been celebrated. The day before yesterday there were 1000 young Canadian boys and girls who attended the ceremony together with the Canadian prime minister.
guy:smile2:

Yes guy one day I hope to attend that ceremony as my Grandfather and one Uncle names are among the thousands remembered on the Menin gate.
Wayne.

 

[PanzerAce1944]

Wow, Awesome cobber !

 

[Guy]

Yes guy one day I hope to attend that ceremony as my Grandfather and one Uncle names are among the thousands remembered on the Menin gate.
Wayne.

Wayne, Would you give me their names ? I am going to visit the Menin Gate with British tourists on the 26th april . I could take a picture of their engraved names if at all possible ( depending on the place on the gate where their names are engraved)
guy

 

[Obee]

Yes guy one day I hope to attend that ceremony as my Grandfather and one Uncle names are among the thousands remembered on the Menin gate.
Wayne.

Wayne,

its THE MOST moving Last Post that I have heard......

standing there in the early evening, with other people in silent contemplation of the thousands of unknown soldiers still laying out there in Flanders Fields.

If you ever get to Europe make it a MUST DO.

The last 2 trips there we went and I'd go again...

Lest We Forget

John

 

[waynepoo]

Wayne,

its THE MOST moving Last Post that I have heard......

standing there in the early evening, with other people in silent contemplation of the thousands of unknown soldiers still laying out there in Flanders Fields.

If you ever get to Europe make it a MUST DO.

The last 2 trips there we went and I'd go again...

Lest We Forget

John

John,
Thanks mate, plans are a foot to get myself there hopefully in 2015 or 2017 which would be 100 years after my Grandfather was killed at Broodseinde in Nov 1917.
Wayne.

 

[Guy]

John,
Thanks mate, plans are a foot to get myself there hopefully in 2015 or 2017 which would be 100 years after my Grandfather was killed at Broodseinde in Nov 1917.
Wayne.

Wayne, save all your money and come to Flanders . The 100 year celebrations will be tremendous. New museums opening, a whole trench being rebuilt, guided tours of all the battle fields, opening of battle sites formerly closed to the general public, amazing private collections of WWI memorabilia being displayed, re-enactment groups(Belgian, British, German, French,...) doing the battles all over again,etc , etc ...
Hope to see you there
guy

 

[Fitzgibbon]

And of the thousands of names inscribed, not one body was recovered. It really puts a context around the memory....and adds an extra shiver when the Last Post is played at 8PM - 'at the going down of the sun' ----every sun that is.

 

[Larry Allen]

My goodness, that is the most incredible and inspiring piece of history that I have heard in a long time either on this site or elsewhere.

I have visited the Vietnam War memorial five times as I have close and personal “buddies” that have their name PROUDLY (but sadly) displayed there. It is somehow comforting that these soldiers are LOST but not FORGOTTEN. --- Larry

 

[waynepoo]

Chaps thanks.
Wayne.

 

[Fitzgibbon]

Fromelles is another (recently completed) memorial to the diggers who lost their lives in the Great War - came upon it last year quite by accident. Really brought a tear to the eyes - beautifully done by the CWGC.