Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate

[blunder15]

sad to think all those on the wall have no grave god bless

[Mochoman9911]

I have come from Dallas, Texas USA on three trips over the years to visit Ypres and surrounding areas. Last Post at the Menin Gate is one of the most emotionally moving things that one can experience. God Bless.

[AsteroidsFromMars]

we will remember them

[BelgianGeneral]

As a Belgian coming from the region of Ypres, there are 3 groups of people I want to thank. Firstly the pipers, who have been doing this commemoration for every day of the year since 1928. One of them is currently 86 years old and has been doing this for 57 years.Then, I want to thank all the people from around the world who come to visit the graves and the Menin Gate and be part in this commemoration. Lastly, I want to sincerely thanks all the British soldiers who died while freeing my country.

[ElisabethSwannRULES]

Laid a wreath during this ceremony two nights ago.. one of the most beautiful and sad moments of my life so far.

[Timver1982]

Well I'm proud to be a belgian, but even more proud that those who have given their young life will never be forgotten. That's the least we can give in return for our freedom. Thank you !!!

[startrekwarsmixguy]

i went there in june, i found 2 people with my surname from the notts&derby regiment, and my friend found someone with his initials in the notts & derby regiment, don't know wheather either of us were related to them, but, there are so many names, that it's almost impossible to find one person

[soccerfreak8001]

I went there in July, being there is so overwhelming it brought tears to my eyes and I barely spoke after. When you're there and listening to it, it pulses through your body as you try to take in every name that represents a life taken on those walls. And then you realize that all those names are only a fraction of the deaths that occured during that war. Thinking of that really hits you hard. Its an experience that that will always stay with me.

[LaRouxNo1]

i went there last month on a school trip. your heart just stops in silence, and you think of nothing but the lives of those who were lost, the soldiers in the first world war. so many names engraved in the marble gateway, so many loving husbands, fathers, friends and heroes, killed in battle in world war one. it is truly truly tragic.

[rockoboy34]

I've just got back, and it makes me so proud to be British, the men who lost there lives, so we could have ours

Lest we forget

[Stemax1960]

@rockoboy34 Doubtless your eyes were a tad on the moist side. You need to be there to appreciate it.

[transonicbuoy1]

RIP Stanley Moore. Body never found.

[ellasphere]

Last week I was lucky enough to lay a wreath during the ceremony and it was an experience that I shall never forget

[Livenist]

I've just been there 2,5 hours ago.

It was mind-blowing to see all these names and realize they were all somebody's son or father...

Respect to those that are willing to go there every of the 365 days a year at eight to remember those that were forgotten.

[salamieworstje]

little detail 50 years ago most days there was no one the remembrance, now every day it's full of English

[Hindudues]

I've Played Here With My Old Corps Of Drums - Nottinghamshire Army Cadet Force. :)

[Stemax1960]

You have to be there to appreciate it!

[CoreyTheChannel]

i will always remember that France School Trip 2010 what an auwsome experience

[mathiaske3]

@CoreyTheChannel It's in belgium ;)

[Stemax1960]

@mathiaske3 The Ypres Salient is, but they also do the Somme in France on these tours.

[123456789Greendayftw]

We will remember them.

[Nukedown]

lol this is my music homework to watch :)

[fcbeastside]

When i hear the Last Post, i am getting goosebumps. My hair is rising up.

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

[andrewnaylor08]

i was there a while ago this is a amazing atmosphere

[ludoeksel]

thanks to the commonwealth for your unwaivering support!!!

[volvagia1987]

our father's farther ave fought in the great wars but 4 wot a corrupt goverment

[delaedenbailey]

I went there with school. Surely people would learn their lesson that war is wrong, and a waste of lives.

[TheSirRoberto]

The lion on top of the monument loooks out in the direction of the front lines and look after the missing and always will for ever :'(. RIP for those who died in the great war to end all wars :'( RIP Harry Patch :'(

[Linfield123FC]

great city, great people. use know how to pay ur respects. wen i went you could almost look for your own name on the wall and u wud probally find it. frightful.

WATA GREAT SPECTICAL. A PRIVILEAGE TO WITENESS IT.

[monalisagirl121]

I was there on sunday... I poured my eyes out, Just thinking about the missing soldiers and what they did for all of us... Stunning.. We also visited vimy ridge and tyne cot ... So many meaningful places :/ Its sad :( xx

[flanderer]

The Belgian commitment to remembering the casualties of Flanders Field should be a inspiration to us all. The Menin Gate straddles the Menin Road which is one of the main arterial roads out of Ypres, so all traffic leaving Ypres has to stop for this ceremony to take place. Every day.

[welsh443]

Do you go DHSB. I went to the last post to with school

[majorMcpharter]

Let the bugles sound the last post for the last time.

[CAVEMANchris48]

MILITARY SERVICE A.C.T. 1915

[majorMcpharter]

Workers of all lands unite.

[foreveryoung737]

this isn't russia k?

[paulrules69]

belgium!

[TheJorgendecoster]

@foreveryoung737

it is in ypres, belgium

[schokkedj]

i remember doing this parade novmeber 2006 when i was based at atr lichfield.

[HkAuzzie]

My Grand Dad was in the Royal Artillery. He spent a week trying to find his unit in Belgium and a week on the front before being blown to bits and spending the next 18 months in hospital. He could never talk about it much. He lived to be 96 with wires still holding his skull together.

I visited Menin in 1987. I was crying watching this. The whole place is one big graveyard.

The people of Belgium have not forgotten the sacrifice and it is a magnificent tribute that the turn out each night still.

[cpthardon]

same ere mate, i jsut got back from belgium on a school trip and went to menin gate to watch this. its pretty moving after walking round all the battlefields and then going to this. :\

[fathairyarab]

gives me goosebumps everytime i hear this.

[heyjimbob]

best trip of my life wen i was in year 9 here to the battlefields in northern france. any1 stay in a nouvelle hotel in lille?

[ro18br]

cant wait goin on a school trip der nd layin a wreath looks good

[benzathine]

I hope that people remember why that gate was built and don't treat it like a tourist attraction.

[Sterlingjob]

Nah! People goto the Menin gate to remember and pay their respects, i think everyone should go there!

[bmattijs]

it's not since WOI, but since 1928, 10 years after the war ended. But it's pretty long though :)

[alwaysefc]

I was there but it was moving like hell

[alwaysefc]

I went there when I was yr 9 and it was amazing and It would be good to go again

[PrincessLockhart]

i went on a school trip there when i was in yr 9,its amazing there.-we also looked at the old battle feilds! it was a terrific day that day- i would go again if i could!

x x x

[panicitstimetodance]

I was there this year in May i think its the saddest thing i have ever seen in my whole entire life there are TOO MANY names on that wall

[waterslak1]

@panicitstimetodance 54.046 to be correct :( all of them Rest In Peace

[LordEliastheMarksman]

Allow the presence of some dutch air force in the right at 1:14 onwards If i remember that day correctly, i think the man iC was a corporal, or equivalent.

[SpleefOvChorley]

i watched this on February 15th after a school trup to the battlefields of france. The best trip ive ever been on.

[NJG53kommandant]

same one then, I believe

[bhangrastan]

i watched this at belguim on wednesday 16th july!!