{"id":101,"date":"2013-11-06T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/?p=101"},"modified":"2013-11-11T23:23:35","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T22:23:35","slug":"meningatememorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/2013\/11\/06\/meningatememorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Menin Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Menin Gate is located right in the middle of the town of Ypres (or Ieper is the official name now, as it falls within the Flemish (Belgian Dutch) region of Belgium).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-227\" alt=\"Menin Gate Memorial\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/meningate.jpg\" width=\"281\" height=\"243\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the memorial to the Indian soldiers killed during both World Wars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-228\" alt=\"Memorial to Indian Soldiers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/indianmemorial.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/indianmemorial.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/indianmemorial-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A model showing the Menin Gate Memorial&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229\" alt=\"Menin Gate Memorial\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/meninmodel.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/meninmodel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/meninmodel-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We lay a wreath to the fallen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230\" alt=\"Menin Gate Memorial\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/meninmemorialwreath.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/meninmemorialwreath.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/meninmemorialwreath-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-231\" alt=\"Menin Gate Memorial\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/meningateagain.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/meningateagain.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fred-hart.uk\/brussels2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/11\/meningateagain-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Menin Gate is located right in the middle of the town of Ypres (or Ieper is the official name now, as it falls within the Flemish (Belgian Dutch) region of Belgium). 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