The Menin Gate: The Last Post
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The Menin Gate: The Last Post
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| Author |
Lindsay, Kate
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| Notes |
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.
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| Item date |
10th July 2008
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| Creation place |
Ypres, Belgium
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| Cataloguer |
Kate Lindsay
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| Filename |
CXTPROPHOTOS - 101.jpg
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| Copyright |
The First World War poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford
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The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
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| Repository address line1 |
13 Banbury Road
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Oxford
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| Repository address Zip code |
OX2 6NN
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| Repository address country |
UK
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Citation
“The Menin Gate: The Last Post,” by Lindsay, Kate. The First World War poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 17, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/5363.
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