BEAUCHAMP LODGE 1422 - The West Kent Military Lodge

Magnificent Menin Gate

Author:
Mark Eyles-Thomas
PDProvGM West Kent, Member of Beauchamp Lodge No.1422
Date:
24 July 2022
Category:
The Menin Gate

Today marks the 95th anniversary of the Menin Gate

A colour picture of the front of the Menin Gate
A colour picture of the front of the Menin Gate taken from the side over the water

The Last Post Ceremony

Following the 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. Hence every evening at 20:00, buglers from the Last Post Association close the road which passes under the memorial and sound the "Last Post".

A black and white photograph of the unveiling of the Menin Gate 24th July 1924
Unveiling of the Gate 24th July 1924

Except for the occupation by the Germans in World War II when the daily ceremony was conducted at Brookwood Military Cemetery, in Surrey, England, this ceremony has been carried on uninterrupted since 2 July 1928. On the evening that Polish forces liberated Ypres in the Second World War, on 6 September 1944 the ceremony was resumed at the Menin Gate despite the fact that heavy fighting was still taking place in other parts of the town.

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A picture of the Buglers from the Last Post Association sounding the last post, an event that happens each and every evening at 2000hrs

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