Menin Gate

Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Menin Gate
For the missing of Commonwealth nations (except New Zealand and Newfoundland) who died in the Ypres Salient during the First World War.
Unveiled	24 July 1927
Location	50°51′08″N 02°53′30″E / 50.85222°N 2.89167°E / 50.85222; 2.89167 near  Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium
Designed by	Reginald Blomfield
Commemorated	54,896
Burials by nation
Commonwealth nations: United Kingdom: 40,244 Canada: 6,983 Australia: 6,198 South Africa: 564 British India: 414 British West Indies: 6
Burials by war
World War I: 54,896
To the armies of the British Empire who stood here from 1914 to 1918 and to those of their dead who have no known grave
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, vi
Designated	2023 (45th session)
Reference no.	1567-FL17
Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The Menin Gate (Dutch: Menenpoort), officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing,^[a] is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point for one of the main roads that led Allied soldiers to the front line.

Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and built by the Imperial War Graves Commission (since renamed the Commonwealth War Graves Commission), the Menin Gate Memorial was unveiled on 24 July 1927.^[1] In early 2023, the monument was closed for extensive restoration works, expected to be completed in time for the memorial's centenary in 2027.^[2]

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