Canadian Armed Forces Contingent to Honour the Fallen from the First World War During Commemorations Ceremonies

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Vimy, France – On July 12, a Canadian contingent of approximately 200 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and civilian VIPs participating in the 98th annual International Four Days MarchesNijmegen will honour the fallen by visiting and holding memorial ceremonies in France and Belgium. The Nijmegen contingent will hold remembrance services at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial; the Langemark German First World War Cemetery; the Essex Farm Commonwealth War Cemetery, near where Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae penned the poem In Flanders Field; and attend a special memorial service at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing with the last post service.

The ceremonies are as follows:

**Canadian National Vimy Memorial**
When	July 12 at 11:00 Central European Summer Time (05:00 EDT).
Where	Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Vimy, France.
What	A CAF contingent will participate in a memorial service and lay a wreath at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.

**Langemark German War Cemetery**
When	July 12 at 14:00 Central European Summer Time (08:00 EDT).
Where	Langemark German War Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, Belgium.
What	A CAF contingent will participate in a memorial service at the Langemark German War Cemetery.

**Farm Commonwealth Cemetery**
When	July 12 at 15:30 Central European Summer Time (09:30 EDT).
Where	Essex Farm Commonwealth Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.
What	A CAF contingent will participate in a memorial service and lay a wreath at the Essex Farm Commonwealth Cemetery.

**Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing**
When	July 12 at 19:30 Central European Summer Time (13:30 EDT).
Where	Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ypres, Belgium.
What	A CAF contingent will participate in a memorial service at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing.

Attending the event will be the following VIPs: Wladyslaw Lizon, Member of Parliament for Mississauga East—Cooksville; Brigadier-General Alain Pelletier, Joint Task Force Nijmegen Contingent Commander; Janice Burke, Veterans Affairs Canada Senior Director of Strategic Policy Integration; Scott Clark, Honourary Colonel of 22 Wing/CFB North Bay, and President of Clark Marketing Communications; and Comrades Daniel Demers and Andre Wesseling of the Royal Canadian Legion. Other VIPs will include Constable Sheila Vanstone and Greig Vandenberge from the Vancouver Police Department; and Comrade Gerard Hendricks from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 5 in the Netherlands. Lieutenant-Commander Mathias Himpler, from the Federal Republic of Germany, will be attending the service at the Langemark German War Cemetery.

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Notes to editor / news director: For more information or to attend one or more of the above ceremonies, please contact Captain Jennifer Faubert, Joint Task Force Nijmegen Public Affairs Officer at +1-613-945-1698 or jennifer.faubert@forces.gc.ca.

Still imagery will be available on the Canadian Forces Image Gallery at: www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca.

For the most recent news stories and photos of CAF training and participation in the Nijmegen Marches, media can visit the official Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/JointTaskForceNijmegen or follow the CAF contingent’s journey on Twitter @CanadianForces

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