This is a massive structure at Ieper.
Same kind of height and width as the Arc de Triomphe, but way deeper.
The photo of the bronze model gate gives an idea of how many internal panels there are between the external pillars.
On each panel there are 7 columns of names. The panels are enormously high.
Then there are the stairways on each side up to the ramparts. Every vertical section is covered in names.
There are 55,000 in all, from Canada, South Africa, India, Australia and the countries of the UK. No Kiwis. The NZ government of the day decided to commemorate NZ fallen and missing at the site of the battlefield where they fell.
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