WorldWar I
FallenSoldiers - RockwoodCenotaph
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TheMeninGate (Ypres)Memorial inFlanders, Belgium
Thismemorial bears the names of more than 54,400menwhowere lost without trace during the
defenceof theYpresSalient in theFirstWorldWar.
Carved in stone above the central archare thewords:
TOTHEARMIESOFTHEBRITISHEMPIREWHOSTOODHEREFROM 1914TO 1918AND
TOTHOSEOFTHEIRDEADWHOHAVENOKNOWNGRAVE.
Over the two staircases leading from themainHall is the inscription:
HEREARERECORDEDNAMESOFOFFICERSANDMEN
WHOFELL INYPRESSALIENTBUTTOWHOM
THEFORTUNEOFWARDENIEDTHEKNOWNAND
HONOUREDBURIALGIVENTOTHEIRCOMRADES INDEATH.
MeninGateArchMemorial, YpresBelgium
