- His grave must have been ‘lost’ as Richard is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
- The Portland stone walls of the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres lists 55,000 soldiers who died in Flanders’ fields in the Great War
- A block east of Grote Markt, the famous Menin Gate is a huge stone gateway straddling the main road at the city moat. It's inscribed with the names of 54…
- The Menin Gate is one of four memorials commemorating the missing soldiers in the Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient.
- Too many men were never found to fit onto the walls of the Menin Gate Memorial and another 34,984 names are inscribed at the Tyne Cot Memorial to the...
- The construction of the Menin Gate took place between 1922 and 1927 to commemorate Commonwealth soldiers who died during World War One.
- Belgium: The Menin Gate, Ieper. Architect: Sir Reginald Blomfield Owners: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Location: Ieper, West-Vlaanderen.
- The Menin Gate Memorial was built following the war, to commemmorate the Allied soldiers who died in battle and whose graves were unknown.