Nieuport Memorial
Memorial to 547 British missing from 1914 and 1917 fighting.
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The British Nieuport Memorial, in the Belgian port city of Nieuwpoort (Nieuport), commemorates 547 British officers and men with no known grave who died in the Siege of Antwerp in 1914 or in the defence of this part of the Western Front from June to November 1917. Designed by Scottish architect William Bryce Binnie, the 8-metre-high pylon of Euville stone bears bronze panels listing the names, with three lions carved by Charles Sargeant Jagger at the corners of its triangular platform. Around the top of the bronze name panels is cast the words from Laurence Binyon's poem "For the Fallen." The memorial was unveiled on 1 July 1928 by Sir George Macdonogh, a commissioner for the Imperial War Graves Commission. The King Albert I Memorial is located directly next to it.
Quick Facts
- Country
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Commemorates
- British forces
- Unveiled
- 1 July 1928
- Designer
- William Bryce Binnie (architect); Charles Sargeant Jagger (sculptor)
- Source
- 142014
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Background
The memorial lists 547 names of British officers and men with no known grave. Those who fought in 1914 were members of the Royal Naval Division. The fighting in 1917, when XV Corps defended the line from Sint-Joris to the sea, included the German use of chemical weapons such as mustard gas and Blue Cross. The memorial is an 8-metre-high pylon of Euville stone, a limestone from Euville.
The names are cast on bronze panels surrounding the base of the pylon. Three lions, carved by the British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger, stand guard at the corners of the memorial's triangular paved platform. Around the top of the bronze name panels is cast the words from Laurence Binyon's famous poem, "For the Fallen." The memorial was unveiled on 1 July 1928 by Sir George Macdonogh, a commissioner for the Imperial War Graves Commission (now Commonwealth War Graves Commission).
Macdonogh had been a staff officer and general for the Directorate of Military Intelligence for most of the war, being appointed Adjutant-General to the Forces in September 1918. The King Albert I Memorial, dedicated to both the King and his Belgian troops during the First World War, is located directly next to the Nieuport Memorial.
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