Editing Ypres (section)

=== Second World War ===
On September 6, 1944, the 1st Polish Armoured Division liberated the town of Ypres after four years of occupation, and the nightly '[[Last Post#Menin Gate|Last Post]]' ceremony was resumed at the [[#Menin Gate|Menin Gate]]; the Germans had forbidden the ceremony when they occupied Ypres in 1940; from January 1941 until the liberation, the daily commemoration took place in [[Brookwood Cemetery#Brookwood Military Cemetery and memorials|Brookwood Military Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brookwoodlastpost.org/2019/09/06/ypres-75th-liberation-ceremony/ |title=Ypres 75th Liberation Ceremony |date=6 September 2019 |publisher=Brookwood Last Post Association |accessdate=24 May 2022}}</ref>