Ypres - Demarcation Stone Fundraiser

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

This is a quick episode to make listeners aware of a fundraising drive by the New Ypres League to restore some of the post-WW1 demarcation stones in the Ypres, Belgium area.

Where to donate: https://www.newypresleague.com/

There will be a talk released in early December where the New Ypres League will go into more details about their fundraiser, but for now we wanted to get the word out as soon as possible.

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The The
0:23.6	The Hey, folks. Welcome to the Battles of the First World War podcast.
0:56.8	Ipra, demarcation stone fundraiser.
1:02.9	So this is just a quick episode to let you know about an ongoing fundraiser
1:07.8	the new Iper League has recently begun.
1:12.9	It is also to let you know of an upcoming episode with Roger Stewart and Dr. Dominic Dandovin of the New Iper League, where we will go
1:19.5	into more detail behind the demarcation stones and the fundraiser to help restore some of them.
1:29.9	To begin with the fundraiser to help restore some of them. To begin with the fundraiser, the new Iper League, of which I am a member, has begun a
1:35.7	fundraising drive to restore seven of the post-World War I demarcation stones found in the
1:41.8	old Epirsalient.
1:43.6	The goal is to restore these stones to their pre-World War II
1:47.5	conditions when they were all there and in defined and legible condition. To this end,
1:54.0	the New Iper League is working to raise 8,000 euros to help restore the existing stones,
2:00.6	and additional funding and assistance
2:02.4	will be provided by the Flemish Heritage Group and the Commonwealth Wargraves Commission.
2:11.6	Where to donate?
2:13.8	In the show notes, there is a link to neweperleague.com and right on the homepage is a donate button where you can give the amount of your choice.
2:23.0	When you do, please just make a comment of D-Stones so that your donation goes to this project.
2:32.5	Okay, now let's provide just a bit of background on the demarcation stones.
2:41.0	If you have ever traveled along the old front line of the Western Front,
2:45.4	you have likely seen, or at the very least pass by, a demarcation stone at some point. In France, these
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