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[email protected] [email protected] Guillemont on July 1, 2015. Also in attendance, Minister of State, Heather Humphries and Brig-Gen Murray Piggott. The new memorial at the site of the Football match which took place during the Christmas Truce 1914 near Messinnes, Flanders. France and Flanders 2015, 29th June to 2nd July On 29th June we set off from Dublin Airport for the sixth successive year on our annual trip to various sites and locations connected with Irish All-Black WW1. On arrival at Brussels Airport we were met by our 22 seater remembered. coach and driver, as this year we had decided to relax rather than hire and drive ourselves. RCB member Sean Collopy was a We were based in Ieper (Ypres) and having arrived at the Ariane former member of the 1971 hotel fresh and relaxed we had time to arrange for some wreaths Apprentice class and travelled to and to later attend the Menin Gate ceremony.