90th anniversary 1st gas attack 22 April 1915

[Patrick @ IFF]

I've been informed that the 90th anniversary of the 1st gas attack in the Ypres Salient (22 April 2005) will be commemorated with official ceremonies at Steenstraete, Carrefour des Roses and the Menin Gate. Several military bands will be attending, e.g. the French Navy Band (Bagad de Lann-Bihoué).

And on Monday 2 May 2005, the 90th anniversary of the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae will be commemorated by the unveiling of a new memorial tablet at Essex Farm Cemetery and a small exhibition at the In Flanders Fields Museum.

[Paul Reed]

Thanks for letting us know - perhaps you can post full details as and when they are available?

[Patrick @ IFF]

Paul, I'll ask my grey cells to keep this in mind

[Patrick @ IFF]

My grey cells are still in a healthy condition

Here are some more details about the commemoration on 22 April 2005:

16.00 h: Obelisk Regiment grenadiers and gas-attack 22/4/1915 (Zuidschote)

16.25 h: Cross of Reconciliation (Steenstrate, Boezinge)

17.10 h: Memorialpark 'Carrefour des roses' (Boezinge)

18.40 h: Canadian memorial Vancouver Corner (Sint-Juliaan)

19.10 h: St. Charles-de-Potyze (Ypres)

20.00 h: Menin Gate (Ypres)

20.30 h: speech by the Mayor of Ypres and the President of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (Market square, Ypres)