A husband and wife from Hillsborough, N.B., have travelled to the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium to honour two soldiers from Albert County who died 100 years ago at the Battle of Passchendaele. "It's been a very emotional week but it's been a special week for us too," Kevin Berry told Shift N.B. 'It was quite astonishing'After learning so much about his home's history as the Peck family's house, Berry and his wife travelled to Ypres, Belgium. The Menin Gate Memorial bears the names of more than 54,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in the First World War. 'We'll never forget it'Traffic was stopped and buglers played at the ceremony followed by a powerful moment of silence, Berry said.

Source: CBC News November 05, 2017 17:48 UTC