German command post. A well preserved German bunker from 1916 can be seen at the southern end of Zandvoorde. It was used as a division headquarters. Built in the rear area, on the reverse slope of a ridge and covered with earth, it was hidden from direct observation. The entrances at the back were protected from shell impact by an extra wall.
One of the most significant World War I memorials in Flanders, the Menin Gate in Ypres commemorates the names of more than 54,000 officers and men of the Commonwealth forces whose graves are not known. That's almost 20,000 more than the total population of Ypres (which counted only 18,000 in 1914). The other three Commonwealth memorials to the missing in Flanders are located at Tyne Cot, Buttes New British Cemetery and Messines Ridge British Cemetery. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers passed through the Menin Gate on their way to the battlefield. The memorial was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield with sculpture by Sir William Reid-Dick. It was unveiled by Lord Plumer on 24 July 1927. Each night at 8 pm buglers of the Last Post Association sound the Last Post in the roadway under the Memorial's arches.
