Ypres (Ieper)
The area around Ypres became known as the 'Ypres Salient', because of the distinctive bulge in the front lines. At the heart of the salient was the small Flanders city of Ypres, fiercely fought over from the autumn of 1914 through to the autumn of 1918, it was devastated during the Great War. Rebuilt in the years following the war, Ypres has now become a place of pilgrimage for people from all over the world.
Ypres is probably best known today for the Menin Gate Memorial and 'Last Post' ceremony held there. Except for an enforced break during the Second Great War, the ceremony has taken place every evening since 1928. The ceremony is performed by a local buglers and serves to honour the memory of the soldiers of the British Empire, who fought and died in the Ypres Salient during the First World War. Carved into the memorial are the names of almost 54,000 soldiers who were killed in the Salient and have no known grave.
This page is dedicated to
Corporal Frederick Grainger
East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
who served the colours 1911-1919
