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The Great War In Flanders - Ieper (Ypres) |
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The Westhoek & The Great War - Flanders Fields: |
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The Menin Gate: more pictures |
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Saint George's Memorial Church: more pictures |
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The small school next to the church was called Eton College. It was intended for the education of the children of the many British employees of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
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The
Menin Gate is the most famous Commonwealth war memorial in
Flanders. The gate was designed in classical style by Sir Reginald
Blomfield on the site of one of the old town gates. 
Opened
in 1927, the gate bears the names of 54,896 soldiers of the Salient who
were reported missing between the outbreak of the War in 1914 and 15th
August 1917.
Saint
George's Memorial Church was built in 1929 in memory of the soldiers who
died in the Ypres Salient. Also designed by Reginald Blomfield in
the style of an English parish church, it contains many poignant
memorials.