Menin Collection

Tank in Battle of Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
A British tank at the Battle of Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Some of the crew have come out for a breath of fresh air while waiting for the order to advance. Date: 1917

Unveiling of the Menin Gate
Unveiling of the memorial, Menin Gate, commemorating the 56, 000 British soldiers who died fighting at Ypres during the First World War. Date: 1927

Opening of Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
The Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, unveiled and dedicated by Field-Marshal Lord Plumer, 24 July 1927 Date: 1927

Menin Gate memorial, Ypres 1927
The Menin Gate memorial at Ypres, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in the Ypres Salient of World War One and whose graves are unknown

The newly opened Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
The newly opened Menin Gate (eastern entrance), Ypres, Belgium, a WW1 war memorial. Date: 1927

Construction of Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
Construction of the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, a WW1 war memorial. circa 1926

Stretcher party crossing the Menin road. Gunner F.J. Mears, B.E.F. Royal Garrison Artillery, Died 1929

Stretcher party crossing the Menin Road at Gheluvelt, by Gunner F J Mears, BEF, Royal Garrison Artillery (d. 1929). Date: 1914-1918

The Last Post by C. E. Turner
Buglers sounding the Last Post at 9pm before the British monument to fallen soldiers at Ypres, the Menin Gate. Date: 1930

Opening ceremony, Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
Opening ceremony of the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, by Field Marshal Lord Plumer, 24 July 1927. 1927

Battle of the Menin Road
A tank at the Battle of the Menin Road on the British Western Front during World War I

WW1 - Ypres - Hell Fire Corner, British Demarcation Stone
WW1 - Ypres - Hell Fire Corner on the Menin Road, British Demarcation Stone - the inscription reads (in English): " Here the invader was brought to a standstill"

British and German troops together after battle, Menin Road, Ypres during the First World War

The Menin gate, 1927
A photograph showing a grand archway of the Menin Gate, a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who died in the Ypres Salient of WW1

HIMS Menin
Imperial Russian Navy - HIMS Menin, an armoured cruiser, at anchor during a state visit by a member of the Russian royal family (possibly Tsesarevich Nicholas). Date: 1878

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The Indian Memorial, Menin Gate Ramparts, Ypres
This white stone memorial was unveiled on 10 November 2002 as part of the Flanders India 2002 Partnership Year by Major-General A.J. Bajwa, who had come all the way from India for the ceremony

Chairman of the Ypres Last Post Committee with bugles
The Ceremony of the Last Post, in which firemen buglers play the Last Post under the Menin Gate at 8pm each night is, in its simplicity, one of the most moving acts of Remembrance in the world

Thanking the Last Post Buglers at the Menin Gate
The Last Post at the Gate has been played at 8pm under the arches by Ypres firemen (with only an interval during WW2) since the unveiling on 24 July 1927

British CWGC Cemetery Tyne Cot, Passchendaele, Belgium
This is the largest British War Cemetery in the world and was designed by Sir Hebert Baker (who designed the tomb of Cecil Rhodes in Delhi)

The Lille Gate in the Ypres ramparts seen across the moat
Ypres is a walled city and it has several routes into it. The two most well-known of its gates through the ramparts are via the Menin Gate (on the old road to Menin)

Menin Road South CWGC Cemetery
The cemetery was used by the 85ths Staffs, 9th East Surreys and Field Ambulances from January 1916 to 1918. It contains UK, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand

Kiwanis Model of the Menin Gate - Menin Gate Ramparts
The model is remarkably life-like and is Dedicated to the Relatives of the Soldiers who stood here from 1914-1918. Kiwanis International is an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit

Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, Battlefields Pilgrimage
Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, with the British Empire Service League Overseas Dominions Party on the Battlefields Pilgrimage

The Spirit of the Pilgrimage, Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. The pilgrimage of 11, 000 people to France and Flanders was organised by the British Legion and attended by the Prince of Wales. Date: 1928

The Pilgrims Homage, Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. The pilgrimage of 11, 000 people to France and Flanders was organised by the British Legion and attended by the Prince of Wales. Date: 1928

The Graphic cover image, Menin Gate at Ypres, Belgium
The Graphic cover image, aerial photograph of the Menin Gate at Ypres, Belgium, unveiled in 1927 -- location of the post-WW1 pilgrimage to Ypres

The Graphic cover image, post-WW1 pilgrimage at Ypres
The Graphic cover image, aerial photograph of the Prince of Wales and other pilgrims at Ypres -- post-WW1 pilgrimage to Ypres, Belgium, showing a procession of 11

Souvenir of Ypres, Menin Gate Memorial, WW1
Souvenir of Ypres, the Menin Gate Memorial on a wooden base. Commemorative Ware

Menin Road, Ypres, by William Hugh Duncan Arthur, WW1
Menin Road, Ypres, 1917, drawing by William Hugh Duncan Arthur, First World War. Showing a number of disabled British tanks at the Battle of Ypres. 1917

Prince Edward of Wales(future Edward VIII), at the Menin Gate
Prince Edward of Wales (future Edward VIII) among the pilgrims: the great ceremony of rememberance at the Menin Gate, Ypres

Souvenir of Ypres, Menin Gate Memorial, WW1
Souvenir of Ypres, the Menin Gate Memorial on a wooden base. Commemorative Ware

British soldiers at Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
British soldiers at the Flandria Hotel and Restaurant at Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. Date: circa 1914-1918

Temporary Housing at Geluwe, Belgium - after WW1
Temporary accomodation for the occupants of Geluwe, a town in the West Flanders province of Belgium (just north-west of Menen/Menin) after the devastation of WW1. circa 1919

WW1 - Waiting to attack between Ypres and Menin
WW1 - British troops waiting to attack between Ypres and Menin - 30th October 1917 - note the early use of camouflage fabric covering the helmets. 1917

WW1 - Between Ypres and Menin - Waiting to attack - 30th October 1917 1917

Graphic cover - Lighting the Menin Road
Lighting our lads to victory - front cover of the Graphic featuring a British soldier putting in place a front-line lamp used for guiding infantry in the Battle of Menin Road. Date: 1917

German prisoners line up to be vaccinated, WW1
Captured German soldiers during the Battle of Menin Road wait by a tent to be vaccinated Date: 1917

WWI mourning fob with two photographs
First World War mourning fob with two photographs. The first is of 50170 Private William Miller, Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derby Regiment). Died 9th April 1917, aged 31

Letter opener An image of the Menin Gate on bullet handle
Letter opener. An image of the Menin Gate is on the bullet handle. Trench Art

Lt George Ivan Carmichael dropping bombs - Menin Station
Lieutenant George Ivan Carmichael (Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps) dropping bombs on the rails at Menin Railway Station from a height of only 120 feet

The Menin Road looking towards Hooge, c 1918
The Menin Road looking towards Hooge, c.1918, by William Lionel Wyllie, RA RI RE (1851-1931). Date: circa 1918

Heavy artillery, Battle of Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
British heavy artillery, nicknamed Granny, with shells ready for firing, at the Battle of Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Clearing up after the Battle of Menin Road
German soldiers clearing up after the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge on the Western Front near Ypres, France. The battle itself took place 20-25 September 1917

Battle Menin Road Ridge 1917
Shells bursting on the main road to Zonnebeke running over newly captured ground at the Battle of Menin Road Ridge in France on the British front during World War I on 20th September 1917

Battle of Menin Road Ridge
The 13th Durham Light Infantry in trenches before their attack on Veldhoek, Belgium, during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge during World War I on 20th September 1917

Battle of Menin Road Ridge
The 13th Durham Light Infantry in trenches before their attack on Veldhoek, Belgium, during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge during World War I on 20th September 1917

Battle of Menin Road
Soldiers with a machine gun at the Battle of Menin Road during World War I. Note the soldier admiring himself in a German officers cap

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