The Menin Gate Lions

The Menin Gate, officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, 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 memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point for one of the main road…
The Menin Gate, officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, 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 memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point for one of the main roads that led Allied soldiers to the front line.
  • Location: near Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium
  • Unveiled: 24 July 1927
  • Designed by: Reginald Blomfield
  • Commemorated: 54,896
  • Official name: Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)
  • Criteria: i, ii, vi
  • Designated: 2023
Data from: en.wikipedia.org