| Unique ID | CWGC/1/1/9/B/16 |
| Alt Ref No | WG 219/2/1/7 PT.1 |
| Title | Memorials To Missing - Menin Gate Unveiling |
| Description | Main topics: composition of programme leaflet; choice of unveiler; attendance of dignitaries; arrangement of ceremony; distribution of tickets; commercial and charitable travel facilities for ceremony (pilgrimages); attendance of Belgian royalty. |
| Date | 2/6/1926 - 30/6/1927 |
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| Content Note | Including: Description of memorial by R. Blomfield; 10 Nov. 1926. MS. copy of letter from F. Ponsonby re wish of George V not to unveil memorial; 12 Jan. 1927. Letter from A. Ingpen; concerned that press should not interpret Menin Gate as victory memorial; 18 May 1927. Letter from M. Mullineux re St Barnabas pilgrimages; 21 May 1927. MS. copy of letter from Sir J. Reith re singing at unveiling; 3 June 1927. MS. letter from Lord Haig with letter from President; British Legion; Dublin; re unveiling; 31 May 1927 and 10 Apr. 1927; list of all those connencted with the building of the memorial. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Collection | Archive |
| Category | Archive |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/7 | Blomfield; Sir; Reginald Theodore (1856-1942); architect | 1856-1942 |
| DS/UK/50 | Ingpen; Arthur Lockyer (1877-1952); Major; barrister, soldier, Commission’s Legal and Land Adviser in France and Belgium, Secretary-General of the Anglo-Belgian Mixed Committee, Secretary-General of the Anglo-French Mixed Committee | 1877-1952 |