All the best !
Harjinder Singh
The Man in Blue
No updates to my blog till at the earliest 03 October due to URI Conference in Lienz – Ost Tirol – Austria
Sunday 11 June no updates to my blog due to early departure to Sint-Truiden
We will see if I can post two articles on Monday
In the Netherlands from 28/12/2022 till 02/01/2023
Dear brothers and sisters
I will be with my Den Haag family for a while around the old year/new year period
I will update my blog untill 27/12 and resume normal service from 03/01/23
The very best to you all !
A healthy and blessed 2023 !
Harjinder Singh
The Man in Blue
No Updates to my Blog today
Due to early departure and late return no updates to my blog today
My excuses
Friday 11 November 2022
Commemorating the armistice of 11 November 1918 that ended World War I
Harjinder Singh will go to Ieper to remember those soldiers of many backgrounds who gave their lives for the freedom of European countries.
Every year Sikhs and many others meet in this city in the Belgian province of West Flanders which was almost completely destroyed by the war.
So tomorrow no updates to my blog.
Ieper – West-Flanders – Belgium
On 11 November (Armistice Day) we will remember all who gave their lives during World War I (1914 – 1918). Ieper (NOT Ypres) was almost completely destroyed during the war. The British and British Indian forces were mainly deployed in the South-West area of Belgium and the North-West of France.
There are good rail connections to Ieper from Antwerp, Gent Dampoort and Gent Sint Pieters. From Brussel change at Gent-Sint-Pieters, Armistice Day is a national holiday in Belgium.
If you want to go to Ieper by car go to the Ieper Website (see below) where you can find information about parking arrangements on the day.
From Ieper Rail-station it is an easy walk to the Vandenpeereboomplein from where the Poppy Parade to the Menen Gate will leave at about 10:00 to attend the remembrance ceremony.
Usually only invited people are allowed underneath the Gate, others will be directed to walk through the gate and attend from just outside it.
After the Menen Gate remembrance ceremony we usually go to the ‘Grote Markt’ where refreshments can be had. Sikhs and others will from there go to Hollebeke, where the first British Indian soldiers were deployed in 1914.
Armistice – Remembrance Day 11 November
Ieper 11 November 2022
https://www.toerismeieper.be/armistice
Lichfield Live – Sikh soldiers who served during the First World War to be remembered at National Memorial Arboretum service
Lichfield – Staffordshire – UK, 26 October 2022. Wreaths will be laid next month in memory of Sikhs who died during the First World War.
The National Memorial Arboretum will host the annual service by the WWI Sikh Memorial Fund.
More than 124,000 Sikh soldiers in the British Indian Army were killed during the First World War.
The service of remembrance will take place on 6th November at the Sikh Memorial.
Ieper – West-Flanders – Belgium
On 11 November (Armistice Day) there will be a national remembrance of all who gave their lives during World War I (1914 – 1918). Ieper (NOT Ypres) was almost completely destroyed during the war. The British and British Indian forces were mainly deployed in the South-West area of Belgium and the North-West of France.
There are good rail connections to Ieper from Antwerp, Gent Dampoort and Gent Sint Pieters. From Brussel change at Gent-Sint-Pieters,
Armistice Day is a national holiday in Belgium.
If you want to go to Ieper by car go to the Ieper Website where you can find information on parking arrangements on the day.
From Ieper Rail-station it is an easy walk to the Vandenpeereboom plein from where the Poppy Parade to the Menen Gate will leave at about 10:00 to attend the remembrance ceremony..
Usually only invited people are allowed underneath the Gate, others will be directed to walk through the gate and attend from just outside it.
After the Menen Gate remembrance ceremony we usually go to the ‘Grote Markt’ where refreshments can be had. Sikhs and others will from there go to Hollebeke, where the first British Indian soldiers were deployed in 1914.
Armistice – Remembrance Day 11 November
Ieper 11 November 2022
https://www.toerismeieper.be/armistice
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