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29-AUG-2004 John lumb

Menin Gate.

Yepres, Belgium

Yepres, Belgium. Memorial to the men and women killed during the great war 1914- 1918 while defending the town of Leper (Yepres)
Menin Gate memorial is where the last post is played at 20.00hrs each day.


If you'd like to know more about the "Last Post" ceremony,
please visit the Last Post Association web-site. http://www.lastpost.be/index.asp

Canon EOS 1D ,Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG ASP DF
1/320s f/11.0 at 70.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time29-Aug-2004 10:00:19
MakeCanon
ModelEOS-1D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length70 mm
Exposure Time1/320 sec
Aperturef/11
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modepartial (6)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programmanual (4)
Focus Distance

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Fred Bardell 20-Jan-2009 02:54
My grandfather was at Yepres and I have a picture of him and comrades standing by a captured german gun. I'm not sure what millitary group he was with. He was in Ontario when the war broke out.