Join SIMON BENDRY, Head of Education & Engagement at the COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION, as he visits the battlefields of PASSCHENDAELE, also known as the THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES. Fought over three long months in 1917 - from the end of July to the beginning of November – PASSCHENDAELE has for many come to represent the horrors of the FIRST WORLD WAR.  

MUSIC | Gurney, Ivor: 2 Poems for Piano: No 1 Autumn
Performed by Rowley, George (piano) - Licensed courtesy of Naxos Music UK Ltd.

IMAGE | Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial - ©Jan D'Hondt, Ateljé D

WITNESSES IN THE LANDSCAPE is a collaboration between the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Visit Flanders, Westtoer and Westhoek Regional Tourist Board.

PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio (https://chromemedia.co.uk/) for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission | Producer & scriptwriter - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Catriona Oliphant & Chris Sharp

FURTHER INFORMATION
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) | https://www.cwgc.org/
CWGC UNESCO World Heritage Sites | https://rb.gy/6oi4se
Commonwealth War Graves Foundation - Keeping their stories alive | https://foundation.cwgc.org/
Visit Flanders | https://rb.gy/kv0tul
Westtoer - Build Your Own Flanders Pilgrimage | https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/westtoer-build-your-own-flanders-pilgrimage/
Westhoek Regional Tourist Board - Discover Flanders Fields | https://www.toerismewesthoek.be/en
In Flanders Field Museum | https://www.inflandersfields.be/en

2 Poems for Piano: No 1 Autumn

WITNESSES IN THE LANDSCAPE 03 | THEY CALLED IT PASSCHENDAELE

We honour and care for the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First and Second World Wars, ensuring they will never be forgotten. Funded by six Member Governments, our work began with building, and now maintaining, cemeteries at 23,000 locations all over the world.