Its battle honours include Blenheim, Talavera, Waterloo, Aliwal, Ypres, Fondouk, Cassino and more recently the Gulf, 1991.

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In 1917, after five months, the third battle of Ypres finally ended when the Canadians and Australians took Passchendaele.

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He spent four months as a private in Ypres from June to September.

BBC: Somerset - In Profile: Harry Patch

Harry said he knew what to expect because his middle brother William had fought in the first battle in Ypres.

BBC: Somerset - In Profile: Harry Patch

Carnivals have been canceled in case the rides sink too deeply into the mud, and teenagers returning from rock festivals look like they have been in the trenches at Ypres.

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Police inspector Louis Janssens, 59, and his second cousin Paul Alix, 61 - a retired industrial mechanic - also find it hard to keep their emotions in check when they talk about their grandfathers, orphaned brothers who fought together at the Yser and in Ypres.

BBC: Gathering century-old memories of wartime Belgium