The Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing allied soldiers of World War I (CWGC) by Harold Chalton Bradshaw in Comines-Warneton, Belgium
The Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing is one of several CWGC Memorials to the Missing along the Western Front: those lost within the Ypres Salient are commemorated at the Menin Gate and Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, while the missing of New Zealand and Newfoundland are honoured on separate memorials. The Ploegsteert Memorial was designed by H Chalton Bradshaw, who also designed the Cambrai Memorial in France, apart from two large lions which were commissioned from the sculptor Gilbert Ledward. The Ploegsteert Memorial is 70 ft (21 m) in diameter and 38 ft 6 in ( m) tall and was unveiled on 7 June 1931 by the then-Duke of Brabant, later King Leopold III of Belgium. The Ploegsteert Memorial lists the 11,367 missing Commonwealth soldiers from the following battles, which were fought outside the Ypres Salient in the area around Ploegsteert : - Armentieres - Aubers Ridge - Loos - Fromelles - Estaires - Hazebrouck (part of the Battle of the Lys) - Scherpenberg (part of the Battle of the Lys) - Outtersteene Ridge (known as the 'Action of Outtersteene Ridge', 18 August 1918) The memorial also commemorates the names of three recipients of the Victoria Cross who have no known grave: - Sapper William Hackett VC - Private James MacKenzie VC - Captain Thomas Pryce VC Since 7 June 1999, the Comite du Memorial de Ploegsteert has arranged for the Last Post to be played at the memorial on the first Friday of each month.
Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, Mesenstraat 156, 7782 Komen-Waasten, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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