Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate

The Last post Ceremony is occurs every night at 20:00 for The missing.

It has been going for almost every year since the First World War, except for a brief period during the German Occupation.

I recorded this whilst on a History Trip to the First World War battlefields


Lest We Forget.

Discreet

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[NJG53kommandant]

same one then, I believe

[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

[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.

[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.

[Stemax1960]

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