- Each night at 8 pm the traffic is stopped at the Menin Gate while members of the local Fire Brigade sound the Last Post in the roadway under the Memorial's arches.
- This was because Katrien and Steven who run B&B La Porte Cochère in Ypres recently sent me some fascinating photos of the construction of the Menin Gate.
- Entering Ypres through the Menin Gate. ... Actually, most troops passed out of the other gates of Ypres, as the Menin Gate was too dangerous due to shellfire.
- The Menin Gate, also known as the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, is a war memorial that is dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who...
- The triumphal arch that now stands at Menin Gate was designed by British architect Reginald Blomfield in 1921. The barrel-vaulted main passage for traffic...
- On Monday 28th April the Families and Friends of the First AIF will be laying a wreath during the Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate Ieper http...
- The Menin Gate can be found at Menenstraat, 8900 Ieper. If using satellite navigation, the co-ordinates 50°51’07.2″N 2°53’27.5″E will take you to the gate.
- Get Directions. Contact The Menin Gate, Ypres on Messenger. www.greatwar.co.uk/events/menin-gate-last-post-ceremony.htm.
- Standing under the great arch that is the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium, I am surrounded by hundreds of people and yet it is silent.
- The Menin Gate has special significance to Australians. The Last Post is played every day at sundown to remember the ANZACs who fought to defend Ypres in the...