Menin Gate MemorialUnveiling Ceremony.
THE JOURNAL OF THE YPRES LEAGUE.
Vol. 3. No. 8. Published Quarterly. October, 1927
On July 24th, in brilliant weather, in the presence of the King of the Belgians, the
British Ambassador in Brussels (Sir George Grahame), and an immense crowd, Field-
Marshal Lord Plumer unveiled at Menin Gate the greatest of all memorials of the Great
War. The monument, has never been truly veiledit is too vast for that. Only the
dedicatory inscription on the central entablature above the cornice was hidden by three
flags—the Union Jack, flanked on either hand by the Belgian and French flagswhich
PROCESSION TO THE GATE.
constituted less a veil than a splendid touch of colour relieving the austere beauty of the
great arch. The scene, with the grey ramparts of the town, the waters of the moat
between its grassy banks, and the huge concourse of people, all dominated by the majestic
Gate glittering white in the sun, was altogether lovely.
Kling Albert arrived at 9.30 in the morning by motor-car from Brussels, accompanied
by Comte de Broqueville, Belgian Minister of National Defence, and drove to the Hotel
de Ville, where Lord Plumer and Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for
