posted on 2024-05-12, 21:25authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
The Menin Gate Memorial to the missing stands at the eastern exit of Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, The gate marks the starting point for one of the main roads out of the town that led Allied soldiers to the front line during the First World War. The memorial is inscribed with 54,900 of the 'missing' British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the fierce battles around the Ypres Salient area who have no known grave. At 8pm each evening, the local police stop traffic from passing underneath the gate, and the Last Post is played by buglers from the Ypres fire station, often attended by large crowds.
History
Identifier
5706.jpg | CXTPROPHOTOS - 95.jpg
Subject
Casualties of War | Commemoration | Ypres
Creator
Lindsay, Kate
Date
10th July 2008
Date Created
10/07/2008
Spatial
Ypres, Belgium
Medium
Digital image
Type
Photograph
Contributor
Kate Lindsay
Rights
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford