Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, commemorates those of
all Commonwealth nations (except New Zealand) who died in the Ypres Salient before
16 August 1917. The Memorial bears the names of more than 54,000 officers and
men whose graves are not known. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield with sculpture
by Sir William Reid-Dick, it was unveiled in July 1927. Three
men of the North Irish Horse, 2nd Lieutenant S. M. Linden,
Corporal W. H. Adams and Private
J. Talbot, are commemorated here. The location of their names on the memorial
is marked on the plan below. Information
and plan below sourced from Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org.
Images 2, 4 and 5 Copyright
© Phillip Tardif with all rights reserved as set out in this Use
of Material policy. Images
1 and 3 kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Co-ordinator of the The
War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org. |