Passchendaele 100th Anniversary - Menin Gate Ceremony

My Great Grandfather was shot at Ypres. and he crawled on his hands and knees back to Menin (before the gate stood). In the field hospital he met his future wife. so if not for that battle I wouldnt exist.

From the Commonwealth, from Canada 🇨🇦, who fought alongside the UK 🇬🇧 during the Great War and the Second World War, among others; in battles such as Passiondale and Ypres, may we always have great ties and great relationships among our 2 countries, as history dictates it so - “In Flanders Fields, where poppies grow, amongst the crosses , row on row...” - Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, May 1915, Canadian Expeditionary Forces.

I have no words, only tears and gratitude. Huge Men. I will remember them. Greetings from Catalonia.

Was there last year and I have to say I cried my eyes out was one of these things that happen when you start reading names and it all comes home to you. Lest we forget from northern Ireland God save the queen

Hi from Belgium... when I go to Ypres, I place a hand on the wall to touch the names, like you would do when saying goodbye to a loved one with a lump in your throat. The most sacred place in my country.

I am almost speechless - the respect and honor you have given to those who lost their lives 100 years ago is the very highest dignity you could pay those who paid so much. The service was beautiful and the words spoken were a beautiful way to say to those who are no longer with us. Your service touched my heart and brought a tear to my eye. Today we know so little about those days 100 years ago - the battles that were fought, the men who served and the countries they represented. This commemoration service brought home the message of how costly a war over pieces of land are and for what. My heart goes out to those who gave their lives in the service of their country and to their families living or deceased. Whatever wounds you may have suffered cause you no more pain and the hand of God reaches out now and protects you.

Special to see students playing together with military musicians, they were both really amazing!

I went in memory of my great uncle George cyril Orchard 1st Australian division. Thank you for your sacrifice R.IP.

Prince William's own great granduncle was one of those killed on the Western front and never identified. Captain Fergus Bowes-Lyon, brother of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

I must have heard this hymn so many times at many Services of Remembrance, but the tears just roll down my face every time. It just calls up so many images of sacrifice and pain. God love them.

I was at the Menin gate last week, literally hairs on the back of the neck,we will remember them,the ultimate sacrifice xxx

My dad fought at Gallipoli and later in Flanders. I visited the gate some years ago and cannot describe the moving experience. it was wonderful to see as well the number of British school children visiting. My dad died in an air raid in the second world war and is buried in a civilian grave tended by the Commonwealth War Grave Commission

The emotion I felt when I had the pleasure of visiting Menin Gates was unbelievable. My partners great grandfather Thomas Hughes has his name on the walls. His sacrifice and all should never be forgotten. Thank you.

Behind each name a family left in distress. A moving ceremony

I have been here a number of times, it is a heartbreakingly moving experience and moves you to tears. My Grandfather and his 2 brothers fought in the salient, one was killed in action, the other died in 1917 after being sent home and my Grandfather survived, luckily for me. I never knew him for he died before I was born. It was a terrible waste. Ypres itself was levelled to the ground but its people rebuilt it as it was, a massive tribute to the Belgian people.

22:55 When you go home, tell them of us and say For your tomorrow, we gave our today.

My sons great grandfather fought In the battle of Passchendaele In November 1917. He was part of the New Brunswick 26th Battalion that fought on the front lines when Passchendaele Ridge was captured. He was shot In the right leg and was hospitalized where he caught the deadly Spanish Flu. His temperature was 109. My son wants to travel to the Menin Gate to honor the soldiers that were lost and defended Passchendale.

it is impossible not to cry lest we forget

England: "a small country of great bravery, a roaring lion." SONETO LXV If death predominates in bravery Of the bronze, stone, earth and immense sea, It can survive the beauty, Having the force to devastate the flower? How can the aroma of summer Stop the heavy harassment of these days, If steel doors and hard rocks do not Can tyranny overcome Time? Where to hide - atrocious meditation - The gold that Time wants in its ark? What hand can hold your swift foot, Or what beauty Time does not demarcate? None! Unless this, my love In black ink save your glow. "Willian Shakespeare" Congratulations from Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

This is a holy place in Belgium . The care, the respect for the graves. Belgians and English fought and died here. An Englishman in Ypres is not a foreigner. The last post is played every day