Last Post
- First Friday of every month at 7 p.m.
Bugle, clarion or trumpet: the emotion of the Last Post
The Last Post ceremony takes place at the Ploegsteert Memorial every first Friday of the month at 7 p.m. This ceremony honours the victims of the First World War in the presence of the local authorities, associations, celebrities and an ever-growing and regular audience. The Last Post, that all-important final call, resounds in an atmosphere of recollection.
From Taptoe to Last Post
In the 17th century, the Dutch marked the end of the day with the taptoe-signaal, signifying literally the closing of the beer barrel taps. British troops on military campaign in Holland took over this custom to organise their camp life, creating a bugle call that would become known as ‘the Last Post’. Today, the Last Post symbolises the final farewell to soldiers who died in war and is played at military funerals and commemorative tributes.
Monthly themes:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
11 november
December
Comité du Mémorial…
Police and firefighters…
Sports associations…
Lion’s, Rotary, Probus, Inner Wheel…
Patriotic associations, Ploegsteert choir…
Ypres British Legion, schools
Commonwealth, paratroopers…
Retirement homes…
Comité des fêtes de Ploegsteert, Entente Patriotique de Mouscron…
Reading of a letter, British Torch of Remembrance
Town council, Children and youngsters city council…
Special Armistice, British patriotic associations…
Comines-Warneton’s city staff
Visitor info
Date
- The first Friday of every month at 7 p.m.
Location
- Rue de Messines, 159 • 7782 Ploegsteert
Address and contact
Comité du Mémorial de Ploegsteert
- +32(0)473 47 90 77
- dominique.leplat7780@gmail.com
