The Last Post At The Menin Gate, Ypres.

[rockoboy34]

Lest we forget, shame the youth of today don't understand the sacrifice soon many made so they could be free

[rockoboy34]

Lest we forget, just a shame people forget to easy

[clam502]

They did not die invain. Merci Pepare!

[KimberleySawfordXx]

I'm going to play there this year with the 1084 Air Cadet Squadron :)

It will be my first time so I hope i'll enjoy it :) xx

[misterlaurens96]

goed gedicht van Willem Vermandere:duizend soldaten (zoek op internet)

good poem of Willem Vermandere:duizend soldaten (search on internet and if you want english translation sent me message on youtube)

kan in comments niet helemaal op.

can't get the whole poem on comments.

[misterlaurens96]

Wist je dat: iedere avond om 20.00u de last post word gespeeld onder de Menen Poort in Ieper

Did you know: every night at 8pm they play the last post under the Menin Gate in Ypres

PS: De ijzertoren in Diksmuide kan niet tippen aan dit!

PS: The irontower in Diksmuide can't beat this!

[mrstarranthightopp]

we were there in october for a history trip and we saw this. this was really moving for me because we had found several of my family in and around ypres. Our guide, Raoul (spelling) was fantastic!

[TheDirector17]

Was there this summer and saw the ceremony. Precisely at the end of the silence there was a tremendous flash and a bang which I assumed was a cannon to mark the start of the silence.

It was only when a torrential downpour started that we realised the timing was a complete coincidence, and that it was thunder and not a cannon. Once in a lifetime moment.

[TheLostAndTheFound]

Wow at the story behind the menin gates :'( and if you ever go there look for this cool chocolate store it is the finest chocolate in the world and its run by an ice cream company across the road from the shop :)

[bethbabez09]

I went here with school last year, and my great grandad died in this war and i saw his name i was in tears, i had to go to the shop near it to get some tissues because my make up was down my face, i would recomend going though if you get the chance it is really good and it makes you think alot, you will be speechless at the end, it is really quiet there and you can tell everyone there has a lot of respct for the men who fought for our county and i am very proud.

[Sterlingjob]

If anyone goes, go for the saturday Last Post as the other days dont have the pipes and the service is not as long!

[boer1899]

im going there next week for the first time,it brings a lump to my throat just thinking about it,cheers

[spackoman99]

I went there with the Air Training Corps & im 16.

Was the most moving moment of my life.

I also visted other great sites such as "The Pool Of Peace".

This is remarkable, and i wish to go back there one day soon.

would recomend it

[ANTOONMAKA]

Lieu déjà impressionant mais la cérémonie du "Last Post" est particulièrement émouvante et depuis 1928 (sauf entre 40-45) tous les soirs à 20H00 les pompiers le sonnent et terminent par le "réveil". Nous n'oublions pas!

[AirSquirrel1]

I went here, we didnt get to see them as we were there for a little while but it is definalty worth a visit

[Sterlingjob]

I love the Menin gate lament, takes me back there, quite thought provoking

[ragw33d]

I went few years back had to say it was one moment in my life have been moved by such a event and glad it happens it is an amazing sight.

[pmeako]

i have been to see the last post a few times it is very moving

[QSPF11]

nous ne pouvons pas les oublier! Que D. les garde en Paix enfin!

[Sterlingjob]

Must go back out....

[twotoneba]

The local fireman play the last post 7 nights a week i belive, i went there once on rememberance sunday, it was so sad as one of the last servivors stood up and read a verse,thay shalt not grow old as we grow old, we shall remember them, i know i will.

[kiekebuste]

man i love the sound when i goes from B to C!! its like his bagie cries... wonderful!

[brokenpsp]

when i was in europe last march, we drove under that very gate, with all the names of the fallen men scribed inside, and at night fall they close the entire street to play the l;ast post

[PISTOL303]

My Great Grandfather's name is there. He won the Military Cross and DSO on the Somme and was later killed at Villers-Bretonneux. He was also an original Gallipoli veteran, however he has no known grave. Although I never knew him, his memory and legacy have been an inspiration throughout my life. Thankyou to the those who keep his memory alive. "LEST WE FORGET"

[GRINDknuckle]

When you see all those names, all the horrors those men faced.. When you hear the last post, realming through the menin gate.. "My friend, you would not tell with such high zest, to children ardent for some desperate glory, the old lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori" Never is it fitting, to die for one's country. Never will it be. - Wilfred Owen - RIP.

[frankerspanker]

the last post is just breathtaking. it's just very touching. if you think all those names have a face, life, childhood, then you realise the sacrifice.

[amernob]

I went there on a school trip just recently, and the ammount of names on the walls is heartbreaking. So much lost, virtually nothing gained. May everyone who died in The Great War, whether they were part of The Triple Alliance or the Triple Entente remain forever more in peace.

[Sterlingjob]

Not just that, they are still out there somewhere, laying where they fell. I was proud to go there and remember them all.

[Emileeh22]

I will never forget how many names were on the Menin gate... so many soldiers young and old from around the world....may they all rest in peace

[wesmatron]

I witnessed this ceremony when I was 14. I'd never thought about war or sacrifice much until then. I don't mind telling you I was shaken and in tears for the next 6 hours.

It blew my mind and rocked me to the core.

Now I carry the memory of their deeds with me always.

They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

[MacArthurPiper]

Wish the piper keep his slurs for concerts not this type of function.

And before anyone questions that, I was regimental Bugler Drum Sgt to the London Irish Rifles and the London Regiments, and have been playing at war memorials like this with the Regiment all over France and Belgium with every tour, including playing at the Cenotaph for the Burma Star and the War Windows the day before Remembrance Day.

Nice video thanks for posting

[firefighterremy]

i'm sorry but that piper is my dad,

and he's the official menin gate piper.

[kiekebuste]

hey remy, aangezien de piper u vader is, kan jij mij dan vertellen welke tunes hij speelt? vooral dat eerste vind ik echt prachtig!! begint rond 1min50

[firefighterremy]

het officiele menin gate lament...

Het is speciaal geschreven voor onder de menenpoort. Ik zal het hem morgen eens vragen hoe het heet zodanig dat je het kan opzoeken ;) mvg Alexander Remy

[kiekebuste]

thx! zeg noemt je vader toevallig niet erik ofzo?

en in welke pipeband heeft hij leren spelen?

[CheapAssFilmsHull]

Nice video.  Very moving

[RFuller73]

I visited here on the 1st April 2008 with my school , brings a lump and a tear to your eye and your throat , so much death for little freedom.

[ivanindahau]

Same here, tis very moving indeed. God bless the fallen.

[nickkipguitar]

it can be understood two ways

[nickkipguitar]

lol this is a response to the last post

[RoyalengineerMike]

we visted the menin gate on out realities of war during basic training, never hav i been so proud standing there wearing the uniform of the british army. 100's of people ever thankful for the lives laid down so they could live without tirrany. so many names of so many dead. seeing this again makes the hair on my neck stand up.

[clam502]

Je t'aime Pepere!

[SingingBuddyxD]

omg i was there three days ago :o it was very moving i went there with school... people were talking and taking photos i felt like taking their cameras and chucking thm on the floor. people wouldnt shut up during the min scilence xx

[gamerboyme]

I was there yesterday as part of a school trip!" very moving! :'(

[django1765]

great job Eric .(piper)

[Narky1035]

Thank you, the whole ceremony was fabulous. Very well done to all the band.

[fanniandwads]

Thank you so much for the video. I visited the Meningate memorial to find my uncle's name. I found it at about 10ft high which was fortunate. I signed the book of rememberance where I found his name and address. I didn't manage to stay for the last post so your film completed my pilgimage. The whole experience was very moving and I am the only member of his family to find his name ( he had no known grave and was 17 years old)

[932sqn]

Thanks, I uploaded the whole service so that anyone who is unable to get there in person could experience it.

[murpheegirl]

Was there with a school group from Canada about a week before this video was shot. I don't think it is possible to understand the enormity of this under taking until you have been there yourself. Great video by the way

[932sqn]

Thank you, I'm hoping to make a video of Vimy Ridge next month.

[murpheegirl]

Look forward to seeing it, again hard to understand the whole concept of Vimy or the Somme or really any battle until you visit the area. I have tried explaining it to no avail. Your video has come in handy!

[932sqn]

Hi, I've posted some stills of Vimy after WW1 that you might find interesting.

[CanCro74]

Following the Menin Gate Memorial opening in 1927, the citizens of Ypres wanted to express their gratitude towards those who had given their lives for Belgium's freedom. As such, every evening at 8.00, buglers from the local fire brigade close the road which passes under the Memorial and play the Last Post.

[932sqn]

It's incredible how many people attend the ceremony, I estimate there was around 400 on this night.

[Narky1035]

I was chatting with dad, and we figured that the 100 phase 1's took up virtually nothing...we reckon more on for 600..

But whatever! There were still a lot of people!

[932sqn]

It's hard to estimate but the Phase 1's did only make a small part of the attendance so maybe it was more like 600 people.

[echa74]

i was in this ''parade'' im the coloured guy on the left when the 3 guys march to lay the reef at 6:37, there where 86 of us phase 1's from Army Training Regiment Pirbright that night, it was such an amazing atmosphere with so many people there, i was really nervouse. thnx 4 the vid!

[simpson11169]

Lest We Forget.............

The 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th Hour.....Please Show Respect

[932sqn]

Thank you.