Saturday, 26 May 2012

Menin Gate 2012

The Menin Gate records the names of 54,407 Officers and Men of the British Empire lost in the Battles of Ypres before 15th August 1917  for which there is no known grave. A further  34,952 are listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

Designed in 1921 by Sir Reginald Blomefield, the site was chosen as may hundreds and thousands of Soldiers would have passed through it on the way to the battlefields. It was unveiled by Lord Plumer who led the Second Army during the Third Battle of Ypres, Paschendaele.


Menin Gate 2012

Menin Gate

Menin Gate - Entrance into Ypres

Mein Gate Lion

Menin Gate - Exit from Ypres


Menin Gate
Inscription recording - Those with no known grave


Menin Gate
Inscription to the Officers and Men of the British Empire


Menin gate from the Ramparts

Menin Gate Ramparts

Menin Gate Gallery

Menin Gate Gallery

Menin Gate model

Menin Gate - Ypres Battlefield map

Ypres Battlefield
Durham Light Infantry

Menin Gate
Northumberland Fusiliers

Meinin Gate - Cavalry and Royal Artillery

Menin Gate - Royal Artillery