The Menin Gate (Dutch: Menenpoort), officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, [a] is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown.

The Menin Gate is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. Broadly speaking, the Salient stretched from Langemarck in the north to the northern edge in Ploegsteert Wood in the south, …

Nov 24, 2020 · Menin Gate (Menenpoort) is an impressive gateway in Ypres, Belguim which commemorates those British and Commonwealth soldiers who went missing in action in Belgium during World War One.

The Menin Gate Memorial bears the names of 54,900 British and Empire soldiers who died between 4th August 1914 and 15th August 1917. Another 35,000 names of those who died later are inscribed at Tyne Cot cemetery.

Twenty-eight of the many men of the Cambridgeshire Regiment, lost in action and named on the Menin Gate Memorial. From October 1914 British and Commonwealth troops began to march east through the town's eastern exit or gateway, known at the time by its French name of the Porte de Menin. This translates as the Menin Gate.

Nov 7, 2019 · The history of the Menin Gate and the Last Post, an overview of Remembrance Day events, and where to see the LEGO Menin Gate!

May 27, 2024 · The Menin Gate is a visually stunning and emotionally overwhelming monument, meant to connect with visitors on multiple levels. At nearly 120 feet wide and 70 feet tall, its immense size is the first thing that strikes you.

Apr 14, 2021 · The Menin Gate is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. Broadly speaking, the Salient stretched from Langemarck in the north Ploegsteert Wood in the south, but it varied in area and shape throughout the war.

The Menin Gate in Ypres is one of the most visited war memorials in Western Europe. Although there was no gate like the current one during the war, the memorial honours the men who marched to the front line to fight in the Battles of Ypres, passing through a gap in the town’s old ramparts and crossing a small stretch of water to do so.

The gate, beyond which these men’s fate lay, became highly symbolic. Afterwards it was decided that on this site a huge monument, designed by the architect Sir Reginald Blomfield, would commemorate those of the Empire who were killed in Belgium but have no known grave.