Memorial Day in Belgium 2026

Thursday, 21 May

11.30                         Ceremony for PVT Raymond Opsommer

                                   Venue:                       Community Cemetery of Deinze,  Corner of P. Benoitlaan en L. Declercqstraat, 9800 Deinze

13.30                         Ceremony at the Oudenaarde American Monument

                                   Venue:                       General Pershingstraat 1, 9700 Oudenaarde

15.00                         Ceremony for PVT Octaaf Desmet 

                                   Venue:                       Begraafplaats Ingooigem, Sint Antoniusstraat 40, 8570 Anzegem

Friday, 22 May

10.30                         Ceremony for Adolphe Vercuysse

                                   Venue:                       Sint-Jan De Doper Kerkhof, Zevende Artilleristraat, 8650 Houthulst

12.00                         Ceremony at the Kemmel American Monument

                                   Venue:                       On the side of the road of the N331, (Kemmelstraat), 8956 Kemmel 

14.30                         Ceremonies for PFC Harry King, SGT Stan Beattie, 1LT James Pigue, and the Americans who died serving in British and Commonwealth Armed Forces during WWI

Venue:                       Lijssenthoek CWGC Cemetery, Boescheepseweg 37, 8970 Poperinge

17.30                         Ceremony for 2LT Gilbert Malrait 

            Venue:                       Old Cemetery (Oud Kerkhof) of Ronse.  Leuzesteenweg, near #75, 9600 Ronse 

Saturday 23 May

9.00                            Wreath-laying ceremony

                                    Venue:            Neuville-en-Codroz War Monument, Route d’Esneux & Chaussée de Marche, 4121 Neuville-en-Condroz (Neupré)

10.00                          Memorial Day Ceremony at the Ardennes American Cemetery

                                   Address:         Route de Condroz 164, 4121 Neuville-en-Condroz (Neupré)

16.00                          Memorial Day Ceremony at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery

                                   Venue:            rue de Mémorial Américain, 4852 Hombourg

18.00                          Wreath-laying ceremony

Venue:            The war monument in Henri-Chapelle, Route Charlemagne and the Neutralstrasse, 4841 Henri-Chapelle (Welkenraedt)

Sunday, 24 May

14.15                          Wreath-laying ceremony

             Venue:            The war monument in Waregem, Markt,  8790 Waregem

15.00                          Memorial Day Ceremony at the Flanders Field American Cemetery

                                   Address:         Wortegemseweg 117, 8790 Waregem

Monday, 25 May      

10.00                         Ceremony for SSGT Gerald Sorensen

            Venue:                       Ancien Cimetière de Ganshoren, avenue du Cimitière, 9, 1083 Ganshoren

12.00                         Ceremonies for 1LT Donald West and the Americans who died serving in British and Commonwealth Armed Forces in WWII

            Venue:                       Heverlee CWGC Cemetery, Intersection of the Kerspelstraat and Bierbeekpleindreef, 3001 Heverlee

15.00                         Ceremony for PFC Joe Farina

            Venue:                       Cemetery at the Church of St. Clément, rue Du Cimitière 11, 4180 Comblain-la-Tour

16.30                         Ceremony for Alexander Heingartner

                                   Venue:                       Robermont Cemetery, rue de Herve 46, 4030 Liège

17.30                         Ceremony for 2LT Robert Garrett

            Venue:                       Community cemetery of Queue-du-Bois, rue des Papillards, rue Clécy and rue Fond Chohette, 4610 Queue-du-Bois

Tuesday, 26 May

10.30                         Ceremony for PVT Désiré De Dobbelaere

                                   Venue:                       Cemetery of the Sint Niklaaskerk, Kerkstraat 2, 9988 Waterland-Oudeman (Sint Lauriens)

11.30                         Ceremony for PVT Charles Roegiers

                                   Venue:                       Community cemetery of Eeklo, Molenstraat (N9) 226 (near Brugsesteenweg), 9900 Eeklo 

14.00                         Ceremony for PVT John G. Bekaert

                                   Venue:                       Cemetery Campo Santo, Visitatiestraat 13, 9040 Sint-Amandsberg (Ghent)

16.30                         Ceremony for Cook Herman Rifflart

                                   Venue:                       The Belgian military section of the Schoonselhof Cemetery in Antwerp, Krijgsbaan, 2610 Wilrijk (Antwerp)

Friday 29 May

10.00                         Ceremony for 1LT Charles Goffin

                                   Venue:                       Community Cemetery at Graide, rue du Mont, 25, 5555 Bièvre (Graide)

14.00                         Ceremony at the Battle of the Bulge Memorial

                                   Venue:                       Colline de Mardasson, 6600 Bastogne