'The Ghosts of Menin Gate': Art, Architecture and Commemoration
Straddling the Meensestraat through the old ramparts of Ypres in Belgium is the Menin Gate. Designed by the architect Reginald Blomfield in 1922, this building commemorates the 56,000 British Empire missing from the battles of the Ypres Salient during the First World War. This solemn memorial has si...
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Sage Publications
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15268 |