Westerlo Commemoration

550 Squadron Commemoration May 2016

Below is a selection of photographs from the Commemoration Service in Westerlo, Belgium in May 2016.

Many thanks to Louis Michiels and others for permission to put these pictures up on the web-site.

Click on individual pictures to view the larger image.

Friday 27th May 2016

Reception at 18.00 in the Town Hall, Westerlo.

Saturday 28th May 2016

Schoonselhof Military Cemetery, Antwerp

A visit to Schoonselhof Military Cemetery, Antwerp where the graves of five of the crew are located (the bodies of two of the crew were never recovered and so they are remembered on the walls at the Runnymede Memorial in Windsor).

Dinner, Hotel Geerts

In the evening there was a dinner at Hotel Geerts.

Photos to follow.

Sunday 29th May 2016

Voortkapel Church

10.30 Service in Voortkapel Church followed in the afternoon by a Service and Wreath laying at the Memorial Stone.

The commemorative events today were joined by a party from the Rebecq Association and representatives from the Royal British Legion (Antwerp branch).

Ildiko Van Dyck sang two pieces in Voortkapel Church.

Memorial Stone

Remembrance Service at the Memorial Stone.

Lunch

A lunch was held after returning from the Memorial Stone. Following this the UK visitors dispersed some to return home after a number of days in Belgium commemorating various 550 crews, and the remainder to return the following day.

Remembrance, 11th November 2016

Thanks to Louis Michiels for making the following photographs available.

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