The Last Post has been sounded at the Menin Gate since 1928 except during the years of Nazi occupation. The day that Ypres/Ieper was liberated in September 1944 a lone bugler turned up and played The Last Post....It has been played every night throughout the Covid 19 Emergency in Belgium...God Bless Belgium.
Went many years ago when I was 12. I remember turning back at the walls before we left and suddenly seeing amongst the names someone with my same surname. A very moving ceremony especially in person
@@richardbergmeier5601 thank you verry much sir, my grandfather was a Belgain soldier in the first world, from 1916 till 1919 one year occupaetion force in das Rhurgebied Germany
My great grandad served in the Manchester regiment in ww1 I've his medals and cap badge this service always makes me very emotional we should never forget what they did for us and what we take for granted thanks to there sacrifice
The last post is played every night, at this gate, I have had the pleasure, of attending many of these in the 1980s 1990s. well done to the people of YPRES and to the YPRES Police.
Went to the Gate as a young lad, the only understood the sacrifice after a visiting scared ground then venturing on to the Netherlands and experiencing the 8th airforce burial grounds.. Yeap it sucks walking along a line of graves 40 years before your Bourne except it was multiple rows of brave men
@@davebrown9707 The reason for my comment of course is because it's the fire brigade who holds the ceremony. During conflicts firefighters and other first responders are tasked to deal with the outcome. Firefighters and other first responders are just as much at risk as any soldiers because they are are the front lines.
