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The gate at the eastern end of the town of Ypres marks the starting of one of the main roads out of the town that led Allied soldiers to the front line during the First World War.
The gate was dedicated to the missing British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed
in the battles around Ypres.
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Laid to rest as they died. Some together, some alone.
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Passchendaele Ridge
310,000 British & 260,000 Germans lost their lives in the third battle for Ypres.
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The Unknown Soldier |
The Brooding Soldier
Harry Patch was 110 in 2008, the last survivor from the trenches.
An interview by Andrew Motion
The Last Post is still played very evening at the Menim Gate to remind people of the soldiers who died and the need for peace.
Armistice Day Pictures from around the world. -2008
