Every year on 23rd April, Dover remembers with thanks and honours the men who fought and died during the raid on the mole at Zeebrugge on that day in 1918.
11am - St James Cemetery, Old Charlton Road, Dover
12pm - People of Dover War Memorial & Maison Dieu, Biggin Street Dover, CT16 1DW
Free event, open to all.
Dover Town Council will remember the anniversary of the Dover Patrol’s heroic and historic raid on Zeebrugge on St George’s Day 1918 on 23rd April 2025. Beginning with a service at 11am in St James’s Cemetery, the commemoration will finish with the ringing of The Zeebrugge Bell at the Maison Dieu, Dover Town Hall.
After the ceremony at St James’s Cemetery, the civic party and veterans will return to Dover Town to ring the Zeebrugge Bell at midday, followed by a short Remembrance Service at the People of Dover War Memorial.