A ceremony is set to mark the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Gheluvelt.

The event will be held at the Gheluvelt Memorial in Gheluvelt Park, Worcester, on Sunday, October 27, and will start at 11.30am.

A small contingent from the village of Geluveld, Belgium, including the Mayor of Zonnebeke, will be present.

Lady Lucy French, whose great-grandfather Lord French Earl of Ypres opened the park in 1922, will also attend, along with the Vice Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Worcestershire, civil dignitaries, and members of regimental associations.

The ceremony, which the public is welcome to attend, will be led by Reverend Colin Butler MBE and is organised by the Worcester Branch of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Association in partnership with Worcester City Council.

The battle took place on October 31, 1914, and was a pivotal moment in World War I.

After 10 days of combat, the 2nd Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment was the last available reserve of the British defence.

Their counterattack saved Ypres from capture and the British Army from defeat, with 187 ranks killed or wounded by the end of the day.

The battle's significance is recognised in Worcester, with Gheluvelt Park created in its honour and plaques at the Memorial Arch gateway entrance commemorating the event.

In March 2023, a refurbished memorial was unveiled and rededicated in the Belgian village of Geluveld, a ceremony attended by soldiers of the Mercian Regiment, Worcester ambassadors, representatives from the Mercian Museum (Worcestershire), and members of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Association.

The service also saw participation from the then Mayor of Worcester, Dr Cllr Adrian Gregson, Dignitaries of Zonnebeke (Geluveld municipal area), Worcester Ambassadors, representatives of The Mercian Regiment, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Association and descendants of the men who fought at Geluveld.