Menin Gate 100 Years / CWGC Architecture and Conservation

Speaker: Andrew Nelson
10 Menin Gate

Andrew is a speaker for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and will be delivering two short talks this evening. The first will give an introduction to the CWGC, look at the Menin Gate before and after the First World War, the Battles of Ypres, the design and completion of the memorial, and how it is today. The second talk will look at some of work of the CWGC around conservation and maintaining the architecture.

Members and non-members of the Western Front Association are equally welcome. Any new visitors are guaranteed a friendly atmosphere and a warm welcome from a group of like-minded enthusiasts. Suggested donation on the door £5.

Event organiser: Midlands (East) branch
8 October 2027 19:30 to 8 October 2027 21:30
St Peters Rooms, Ruddington, Notts NG11 6HD
Branch contacts
John Beech
(Branch Chairman)
Email John Beech

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