Menin Gate

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World War I memorial monument war memorial

Menin Gate is a prominent war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, commemorating soldiers of the British Empire and Commonwealth who died in World War I with no known grave.

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Label Occurrences
Menin Gate canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I memorial ⓘ
monument ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ
ceremonyPerformedBy Ypres fire brigade buglers ⓘ
ceremonyStartYear 1928 ⓘ
ceremonyTime 20:00 ⓘ
commemorates Commonwealth soldiers ⓘ
World War I missing soldiers ⓘ
soldiers of the British Empire ⓘ
soldiers with no known grave ⓘ
commemoratesBattle Second Battle of Ypres ⓘ
Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ
commemoratesNationality Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
India ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
conflictCommemorated World War I ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1923 ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
crosses former Ypres–Menin road ⓘ
dateOfInauguration 1927-07-24 ⓘ
designedBy Reginald Blomfield ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle triumphal arch ⓘ
hasArchitecturalType memorial arch ⓘ
hasDailyCeremony Last Post ceremony ⓘ
hasInscription To the Armies of the British Empire who stood here from 1914 to 1918 and to those of their dead who have no known grave ⓘ
hasMemorialType memorial to the missing ⓘ
heritageDesignation protected monument in Belgium ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Flanders ⓘ
West Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn eastern side of Ypres ⓘ
maintainedBy Imperial War Graves Commission ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter Menin road ⓘ
nearbyCemetery Ramparts Cemetery (Lille Gate) ⓘ
numberOfNamesCommemorated more than 54000 ⓘ
ownedBy Imperial War Graves Commission ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
sculptor William Reid Dick ⓘ
significance major site of World War I remembrance ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
unveiledBy Lord Plumer ⓘ
yearOfCompletion 1927 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ypres → hasLandmark → Menin Gate ⓘ
Cloth Hall of Ypres → near → Menin Gate ⓘ
Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate → location → Menin Gate ⓘ