Night After Night

25/04/2024

The book Night After Night tells the story of New Zealanders in Bomber Command in World War II.

Night after night also applies to the people of Ypres in Belgium.

Night after night, almost uninterrupted every night since 1928, even during German occupation in World War II, they observe a Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate Memorial in gratitude for the Commonwealth soldiers who died in the surrounding countryside during World War I.

We were among about 1000 people from many different countries who stood in silence as the Last Post was played, and then as a bonus, a piper played the lament.

I thanked one of the men and told him it is an incredible tribute they are paying, night after night.

He replied, what they are doing is nothing compared to what the men they were remembering did.