Last Post Service at Menin Gate

Every evening at 8pm the Belgium Last Post Association conduct a small ceremony at Menin Gate and play the last post. This has been done continuously since 1929 shortly after the Menin Gate Memorial was completed except for the years during World War Two when Germany occupied Belgium. For these years the ceremony was continued in England until Belgium was liberated.

There is always a crowd of people which attend and the night I went was no exception. After a small reading by an English school student and a wreath laying, the last post was played followed by one minutes silence. Very moving.