The Magnificent Memorial Arch overlooking the Ypres Salient, where lie 56,000 British soldiers with no known graves. The memorial, de-aio-norT bv Sir Richard ■ Blomfield, is a gateway of simple grandetm. Surmounted hy the British Lion ever watching over the vast graveyard, while a tablet on the walls of the arch bears the names of : 4he dead, warriors. JJnve led on Sunday, July 24, 1927, in the presence of King Albert of Belgium, British, jrencJi, and Belgian officers, and an immense gathering. ,
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Northern Advocate, 17 September 1927, Page 14
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81The Magnificent Memorial Arch overlooking the Ypres Salient, where lie 56,000 British soldiers with no known graves. The memorial, deaio-norT bv Sir Richard ■ Blomfield, is a gateway of simple grandetm. Surmounted hy the British Lion ever watching over the vast graveyard, while a tablet on the walls of the arch bears the names of:4he dead, warriors. JJnve led on Sunday, July 24, 1927, in the presence of King Albert of Belgium, British, jrencJi, and Belgian officers, and an immense gathering. , Northern Advocate, 17 September 1927, Page 14
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