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ONE MILLION DEAD
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placed in the historic Cathedral of
St. Martin, Ypres, in memory of the
one million dead of the British Empire
who fell in the Great War.
In pre-war days the Cathedral, which
dates from the twelfth century, was
somewhat overshadowed by the adja
cent and more famous Cloth Hall, then
regarded by many authorities as the
most perfect specimen of Gothic archi
tecture in Europe; but the new Cathe
dral, an exact reproduction of its pre
decessor, which was completed and
dedicated last year, is now the most
impressively beautiful building in resur
rected Ypres.
AD MAIOREM DEI GIORIAM
ET IN MEMORLAM
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By kind permission of Mr. H. Benson, M.A.
O N May 26th General Sir Charles
Harington unveiled a Memorial
which has been erected by the
Imperial War Graves Commission.
The Memorial, herewith reproduced, is
SIMILAR MEMORIALS IN THREE
COUNTRIES.
The Memorial takes the form of an
ornate mural tablet, approximately
6 feet by 3 feet, similar in size and
general design to those already erected
near the grave of the Unknown
Warrior in Westminster Abbey and in
Notre Dame, Paris, respectively, both
of which were unveiled by H.R.H. the
Prince of Wales.
They are the work of Lieut.-Col.
H. P. Cart de Lafontaine, O.B.E.,
A.R.I.B.A., and replicas have been, or
will be, set up in certain other cathe
drals in French and Belgian cities
where British troops were quartered.
Made of gesso, coloured and gilded,
the arms of the United Kingdom are
surrounded by those of the Dominions
of the Crown, and they all bear the
simple inscription
To the Glory of God
And to the Memory of
One Million Dead
of the British Empire
Who Fell in the Great War
1914-1918.
Afterwards, the wording varies, to
render each tablet appropriate to the
particular country in which it is set up.
