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.
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.
Thank you. We visited from Melbourne, Australia last year and laid a wreath for my great grand uncle whose name is on the wall. We touched the wall also to say goodbye. Thank you for understanding - and please touch the wall for us when you go again. For John Oakley who died and was lost in battle 20th September 1917.
@@lynerob will do... The best time to go is this time of year, when it is cold, rainy and windy. Then there is a bit less people. I was born 40 minutes from there by car, a coastal place where also in WW2 many Canadians gave their lives. Menin Gate is a vibrant place with lots of people from the younger generations coming to pay tribute or learn what happened there. A very special place to remember now much we owe to those resting there.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
one of my great uncles name is on the Menin Gate the Red Cross record states he was seen to be where a bomb exploded it says he was well liked by his comrades he had no remains to bury far far from home & those who loved him a humble thankyou to the people of Ypres.
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
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 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
For Frederick Le Poidevin, my Paternal Grandfather, one of the few to return from . . . The Great War, “The war to end all wars" Today I feel so raw I hate any fucking war 100 years ago today So many men died Left in the mud In a field far from home Loved ones not there Not able to mourn Alone and afraid Bleeding and cold Never to grow old Struck down in their prime So many never to return What thoughts in their heads The whistle blows And over the top They rushed en masse Into the teeth of hell Barbed wire tearing flesh Bombs ripping them apart Bullets screaming through the air Thudding into men Shredding organ and bone Strewn on the ground in pieces Like offal on a slaughterhouse floor No longer human Just gobbets of meat Lying on the sodden ground So few came home And those that did Would never forget The sights and smells The noise, the terror The nightmares remained With them all their lives For those men back home The war never ended Replayed in their heads Unbidden the horrors Recalled without warning Breaking their souls Countless times again And again down the years Unable to forget . . . Lest we forget
"They have not nor shall be forgotten, their tomorrow is our today and their sacrifice is our freedom. Stand together and they shall stand with us again"
I am going to Ypres next week to visit my great uncle's grave in Zanvoorde and the last post at the Menin Gate. It will be a very poignant time. My grandad, his brother, fought in the Somme and was one of the few who returned home.
My grandfather's name is written on the menin gate. His body was never found.. my father was on the beaches at Dunkirk and on the first day on D day landings and died a Chelsea pensioner. My mother was a refugee form central Europe and most of her family were destroyed. What sacrifice will the next generations make for all our freedom.? Will they make a stand?
You certainly misunderstood my post. The USA has experienced war on its soil twice. But certainly not mass destruction that took place in Europe twice. I don't know where you get the idea I have any hate for anyone. In your case it is just plain ignorance. That can be cured by an open mind and education. My ancestors come from Europe. I was stationed in Germany and enjoyed my time there immensely. I want to thank the German people for a great time in their country.
Since I don't live in France I don't know the impact of the first world war, the great war. Chalk it up to yankee ignorance. I apologize for my ignorance. Poor America schooling..
I'm a US citizen and I get it. Europe was practically razed to the ground. Between the two world wars Europe lost some 100 million people and Europe remembers as it should, to remember those who paid the price is a good thing to do. If you live in the southern states, as I do, the South was destroyed in our Civil War and it took a century to recover. So yes, I can appreciate what Europe went thru and that America is lucky based mostly on really good geography.
Squire nagged and bullied till I went to fight, (Under Lord Derby's Scheme) I died in hell (They called it Passchendaele). My wound was slight, and I was hobbling back; and then a shell Burst slick upon the duck-boards: so I fell Into the bottomless mud, and lost the light. At sermon-time, while the Squire is in his pew, He gives my gilded name a thoughtful stare; For, though low down upon the list, I'm there; 'In proud and glorious memory' ... that's my due. Two bleeding years I fought in France, for Squire: I suffered anguish that he's never guessed. Once I came home on leave: and then went west... What greater glory could a man desire? Memorial Tablet - Siegfried Sassoon
Canadian general Arthur Currie said to Douglas Haig, when asked that the Canadians finally capture Passchendaele, that they would lose 16 000 men . It was finally 15 600. And to what avail ?
Three of my forebears fought for the CEF and one for the British Army. They fought to resist an expansionist power and preserve the freedom and liberty that underpins our society today. I salute them and thank them.
Just got back from Ieper (Ypres). A very humbling experience. I saw where Lt. Col. John McCrae wrote "In Flanders' Fields", near where my great, great uncle died. We will remember them.
No, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge who is second in line to the British Crown. he's eldest son of Prince Charles Prince of Wales, and Married to Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, who was next to him. Their Eldest child George is his heir Also present were Prime Minister May and Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence (retired) who is the husband of Princess Anne The Queen's daughter. So in spite of comments below, there were British representatives. All the Royal representatives would have been carefully considered.
It was his family that caused it ...How dare you pretend you give a shit about the brave men that gave their lives for your vanity ...Windsor ...ha ha .German to the core .. It was a game
It's 2018 and the Centennial of the Armistice. President Trump has declined to attend one of the ceremonies because it is raining. I'm so ashamed for my country. I remember the terrible sacrifice of the many and I wish I could say we Americans will never forget, but the truth is, we forgot about WWI a long time ago. God Bless You All.
@@brendanmcnally9145 The pathetic shits were Merkel and Macron who made the memorial into a EU party. Where was the British/Commonwealth representative? Maybe that was why President Trump declined to be present? Really, the Merkel/Macron duo is getting dangerous. Have all the allied fallen of WW1 and WW2 fallen in vain?
Once again the brave - lad's of ~ Canada, along with the Commonwealth nations. Were called upon to save the Empires bungling attempts to beat a foe that they should never have bothered to declare war on.... Stupidity combined with useless politicians, & Banksters....... All wars are fought for profit at the fatal expenses of the peasant class!! ++Never the less we respect our vets sacrifices +++ Yet heaping scorn & contempt on those factions who declare war for - profit!!!
MrKiriakopoulos You post that the war should never have been fought - Great Britain had guaranteed the neutrality of Belgium. We were obliged to take up arms when the German army crossed the frontier. The Kaiser gambled on Great Britain not honoring the 1839 Treaty of London.
Once again the brave - lad's of ~ Canada, along with the Commonwealth nations. Were called upon to save the Empires bungling attempts to beat a foe that they should never have bothered to declare war on.... Stupidity combined with useless politicians, & Banksters....... All wars are fought for profit at the fatal expenses of the peasant class!! ++Never the less we respect our vets sacrifices +++
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.
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.
Thank you. We visited from Melbourne, Australia last year and laid a wreath for my great grand uncle whose name is on the wall. We touched the wall also to say goodbye. Thank you for understanding - and please touch the wall for us when you go again. For John Oakley who died and was lost in battle 20th September 1917.
@@lynerob will do... The best time to go is this time of year, when it is cold, rainy and windy. Then there is a bit less people. I was born 40 minutes from there by car, a coastal place where also in WW2 many Canadians gave their lives. Menin Gate is a vibrant place with lots of people from the younger generations coming to pay tribute or learn what happened there. A very special place to remember now much we owe to those resting there.
Thank you. I remember the kindness of the Belgians when I was detatched to Florennes in the 1970's so I know your feelings are genuine. Pass friend.
@@lynerob Hi, I'm going tomorrow. I'll try to find him!
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.
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
I have no words, only tears and gratitude. Huge Men. I will remember them.
Greetings from Catalonia.
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.
hello H R, we will never forgot them , greets from Belguim
Each day, every day
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.
I was at the Menin gate last week, literally hairs on the back of the neck,we will remember them,the ultimate sacrifice xxx
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.
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
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.
22:55
When you go home, tell them of us and say
For your tomorrow, we gave our today.
Behind each name a family left in distress. A moving ceremony
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.
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.
it is impossible not to cry
lest we forget
one of my great uncles name is
on the Menin Gate
the Red Cross record states he was
seen to be where a bomb exploded
it says he was well liked by his comrades
he had no remains to bury
far far from home & those who loved him
a humble thankyou
to the people of Ypres.
My great, great uncle's name is on the gate also.
Bon Chance sw
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
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
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Thank you, every night is a very special remembrance of all or fallen. I have been honored to take part n this very special commemoration
Thank you for posting this.
In memory of all the fallen. We shall not forget.
thank you verry much sir, a little belgain , grandson of a belgain soldiers 1 w.w
We have forgotten. We still allow wars everywhere, and sell arms all over the world. It is a total disgrace.
God blessed all these sacrified soldiers for our freedom ! Is it a dream a world without war ? 🌹🌷🌹
For Frederick Le Poidevin, my Paternal Grandfather,
one of the few to return from . . .
The Great War,
“The war to end all wars"
Today I feel so raw
I hate any fucking war
100 years ago today
So many men died
Left in the mud
In a field far from home
Loved ones not there
Not able to mourn
Alone and afraid
Bleeding and cold
Never to grow old
Struck down in their prime
So many never to return
What thoughts in their heads
The whistle blows
And over the top
They rushed en masse
Into the teeth of hell
Barbed wire tearing flesh
Bombs ripping them apart
Bullets screaming through the air
Thudding into men
Shredding organ and bone
Strewn on the ground in pieces
Like offal on a slaughterhouse floor
No longer human
Just gobbets of meat
Lying on the sodden ground
So few came home
And those that did
Would never forget
The sights and smells
The noise, the terror
The nightmares remained
With them all their lives
For those men back home
The war never ended
Replayed in their heads
Unbidden the horrors
Recalled without warning
Breaking their souls
Countless times again
And again down the years
Unable to forget . . .
Lest we forget
Superbe interprétation de la Brabanconne par la musique des Guards !
Indeed !!
The Youth Choir were amazing. Whoa r they?
The National Youth Choir of Scotland
brillaint
"They have not nor shall be forgotten, their tomorrow is our today and their sacrifice is our freedom. Stand together and they shall stand with us again"
God bless all who gave all.
I am going to Ypres next week to visit my great uncle's grave in Zanvoorde and the last post at the Menin Gate. It will be a very poignant time. My grandad, his brother, fought in the Somme and was one of the few who returned home.
My grandfather's name is written on the menin gate. His body was never found.. my father was on the beaches at Dunkirk and on the first day on D day landings and died a Chelsea pensioner. My mother was a refugee form central Europe and most of her family were destroyed. What sacrifice will the next generations make for all our freedom.? Will they make a stand?
Americans can't appreciate the fact that Europe was destroyed twice yet rose again. I imagine that some scars still exist.
TheAznative101 Europe would be Nazis if we had not of stopped the hate, fuck you and your hate.
You certainly misunderstood my post. The USA has experienced war on its soil twice. But certainly not mass destruction that took place in Europe twice. I don't know where you get the idea I have any hate for anyone. In your case it is just plain ignorance. That can be cured by an open mind and education. My ancestors come from Europe. I was stationed in Germany and enjoyed my time there immensely. I want to thank the German people for a great time in their country.
some scars? north-eastern France is basically a theme park for WWI remembrance
Since I don't live in France I don't know the impact of the first world war, the great war. Chalk it up to yankee ignorance. I apologize for my ignorance. Poor America schooling..
I'm a US citizen and I get it. Europe was practically razed to the ground. Between the two world wars Europe lost some 100 million people and Europe remembers as it should, to remember those who paid the price is a good thing to do. If you live in the southern states, as I do, the South was destroyed in our Civil War and it took a century to recover. So yes, I can appreciate what Europe went thru and that America is lucky based mostly on really good geography.
Will we ever learn,a Scotsman.
Great respect and honor
So sad and moving. And no disrespectful gum-chewers as far as I could see.
WE WILL REMBER THEM
All gave some, some gave their last drop of young blood! Lest we forget...
So i live on the most holy ground of England ? wonder sometimes the dead that is still are under our feet RIP . I learn it to my son /never forget
Squire nagged and bullied till I went to fight,
(Under Lord Derby's Scheme) I died in hell
(They called it Passchendaele). My wound was slight,
and I was hobbling back; and then a shell
Burst slick upon the duck-boards: so I fell
Into the bottomless mud, and lost the light.
At sermon-time, while the Squire is in his pew,
He gives my gilded name a thoughtful stare;
For, though low down upon the list, I'm there;
'In proud and glorious memory' ... that's my due.
Two bleeding years I fought in France, for Squire:
I suffered anguish that he's never guessed.
Once I came home on leave: and then went west...
What greater glory could a man desire?
Memorial Tablet - Siegfried Sassoon
What is the name of the last hymn? That one brought me to tears!!
O Valiant Hearts Music by E Hopkins
very sincere
Canadian general Arthur Currie said to Douglas Haig, when asked that the Canadians finally capture Passchendaele, that they would lose 16 000 men . It was finally 15 600. And to what avail ?
My great, great uncle was among them.
Three of my forebears fought for the CEF and one for the British Army. They fought to resist an expansionist power and preserve the freedom and liberty that underpins our society today. I salute them and thank them.
Rob Bowes And as someone born in West Flanders we are eternally in their debt. Ypres is sacred ground in memory of them.
I'll never forget my visit to the Menin Gate and I am thankful to good people, such as yourself who ensure the memory persists.
Just got back from Ieper (Ypres). A very humbling experience. I saw where Lt. Col. John McCrae wrote "In Flanders' Fields", near where my great, great uncle died. We will remember them.
Who's the guy giving the first speech?
Prince William gave the first speech.
@@mayajrj Prince William of Belgium, I presume?
No, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge who is second in line to the British Crown. he's eldest son of Prince Charles Prince of Wales, and Married to Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, who was next to him. Their Eldest child George is his heir Also present were Prime Minister May and Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence (retired) who is the husband of Princess Anne The Queen's daughter. So in spite of comments below, there were British representatives. All the Royal representatives would have been carefully considered.
@@mayajrj I'm sorry, I meant the second guy. I'm old.
The second Guy was King Philippe of the Belgians. And Old? I'm old!
GREAT SERVICE BUT NO PUBLIC WHEY
There will be no point in this after Queen Nicola as had here way. There will be no "British" soldier to remember.
It was his family that caused it ...How dare you pretend you give a shit about the brave men that gave their lives for your vanity ...Windsor ...ha ha .German to the core .. It was a game
Politics and "kings" caused this. Their stubbornness and stupid pride was first that the lives of the soldiers
you are not only historically inaccurate but offensive and ignorant I wish people like you would educate yourselves before making such comments.
It's 2018 and the Centennial of the Armistice. President Trump has declined to attend one of the ceremonies because it is raining. I'm so ashamed for my country. I remember the terrible sacrifice of the many and I wish I could say we Americans will never forget, but the truth is, we forgot about WWI a long time ago. God Bless You All.
@@Sparadokos, go fuck yourself!
Shut it. It was a Secret Service decision not to go. Security concerns.
Yeah, right! Everyone else managed to make it but the Cheeto. What a pathetic Piece of Shit!
@@brendanmcnally9145
The pathetic shits were Merkel and Macron who made the memorial into a EU party.
Where was the British/Commonwealth representative?
Maybe that was why President Trump declined to be present?
Really, the Merkel/Macron duo is getting dangerous.
Have all the allied fallen of WW1 and WW2 fallen in vain?
@@johannesslobbe6854, I'm sure that wasn't the reason. The subject probably bores him.
Once again the brave - lad's of ~ Canada, along with the Commonwealth nations. Were called upon to save the Empires bungling attempts to beat a foe that they should never have bothered to declare war on.... Stupidity combined with useless politicians, & Banksters....... All wars are fought for profit at the fatal expenses of the peasant class!! ++Never the less we respect our vets sacrifices +++ Yet heaping scorn & contempt on those factions who declare war for - profit!!!
Lions led by Donkey's as the Germans stated
MrKiriakopoulos
You post that the war should never have been fought - Great Britain had guaranteed the neutrality of Belgium. We were obliged to take up arms when the German army crossed the frontier. The Kaiser gambled on Great Britain not honoring the 1839 Treaty of London.
rant rant rant
Once again the brave - lad's of ~ Canada, along with the Commonwealth nations. Were called upon to save the Empires bungling attempts to beat a foe that they should never have bothered to declare war on.... Stupidity combined with useless politicians, & Banksters....... All wars are fought for profit at the fatal expenses of the peasant class!! ++Never the less we respect our vets sacrifices +++
And who honors the central powers soldiers, who died fulfiling their duties?
The Floewrs of the Forest was played to fast.
舉發回覆提出終極留言參政者侵犯危害性頻道受損嚴重影響執政出席活動危害經營
必須要求終極統一戰線頻道合中一體兩面手法舉發移交遣送出境債務問題處分。終止契約影像紀錄內容頻道播映權使用廢除職務執政投資產業資源經營。
???????????????? pardon
Please translate.
Winning the 1st and 2nd WW does not seem to have done us the Majority to benefit this or that? Let us Brits loose the 3rd WW3?