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There'll be a big parade and ceremony at the Menin Gate at 11:00 am on Tuesday, the 11th is a public holiday in Belgium. I'm guessing you won't be there in time for that. But the 8pm ceremony will take place as usual but it will be packed, most people will go to the evening one as well. If you...

And one slight correction if I may Barry. The ceremony hasn't been carried out every night since 1928 for the simple reason that the Germans occupied Ypres during WW2 and they weren't so keen on the tradition! But on the day that Ypres was liberated by the Poles the ceremony started again that...

Ive been many times, in August this year for the commemoration of the start of the war and going right back to the early 60's with my Grandfather who was in the battle of Mons and went right through the war. Churchill described the Menin Gate as the most holy place in the British Empire. It's...