In the cemetery stands a sculpture of mourning soldiers by Emil Krieger. Known as the Kindermord (Massacre of the Children), in Germany, First Ypres included many young German volunteers, most of whom had only received two months’ military training. ![]() The German Students’ Memorial annex lists the names of 3,000 students killed in the Battle of Langemarck (part of the First Battle of Ypres) in 1914. Of the soldiers buried in the cemetery 24,917 lie in mass graves. The cemetery was officially designated German Military Cemetery 123 in 1930 and was inaugurated two years later. ![]() Lakenhallen Grote Markt 34, Ieper Langemark German War CemeteryĪn official German War Graves Commission site, the Langemark Cemetery contains more than 40,000 burials of soldiers recovered between 1915 and the 1930s. Access to the center is free, although some collections can be viewed only by appointment. Visitors can also climb up to the belfry for views over the town and the sites of the surrounding battlefields. A documentation center includes extensive original trench maps, a photographic library and postcard collection and contemporary newspaper reports. The exhibitions and interactive audio-visual displays cover the invasion of Belgium in 1914 and the first few months of the war, with particular emphasis on the war around Ypres and how war affected the town. The Cloth Hall on the Market Square in the center of Ieper (Ypres), site of three of the war’s most significant battles, has been turned into a museum housing major collections of World War I artifacts and documents. Southeast of Waregem, along the Lille-Gent autoroute E-17 In Flanders Field Museum The chapel itself includes 43 names on the Walls of the Missing – rosettes mark the names of soldiers whose remains have been subsequently recovered and identified. Many of the casualties interred here came from the US 91st Division, killed in fighting in this area in October and November 1918. Smaller and more intimate than most of the war cemeteries in Belgium, it consists of 368 burials, with the headstones arranged around a central chapel. The only American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery in Belgium, this commemorates the American contribution to the war on the Western Front. St Kilda Road, Melbourne BELGIUM Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorialįlanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial ![]() More than 120 ceremonies are held at the shrine each year. The sanctuary contains the Stone of Remembrance inscribed with the words “Greater Love Hath No Man”, designed so that a shaft of sunlight (or artificial light) falls on the word “Love” held at 11am on 11 November each year. Inspired by the mausoleum to Mausolus, King of Caria, at Halicarnassus in Turkey, the shrine was inaugurated in November 1934. Poppies planted before the Shrine of Remembrance, as part of Remembrance Dayīuilt to remember Victoria’s war dead of 1914–18, this is one of Australia’s great memorials. Remembrance Park, Canberra Shrine of Remembrance It includes five original aircraft from the war, memorabilia, personal testaments and a sound and light show. In the museum on the ground floor of the main building, the Anzac Hall, a recently added high-tech exhibition space, includes “Over the front, the Great War in the air”, a permanent display telling the story of aerial combat in World War I. The main parts of the memorial are the Commemorative area (which includes the Hall of Memory), Anzac Parade and the Sculpture Garden. ![]() The national monument to Australia’s war dead was built in the aftermath of World War I, though it serves to commemorate Australian service personnel killed in all conflicts. Hyde Park, Sydney Australian War Memorial Ceremonies are held at the memorial on Remembrance Sunday (11 November) and Anzac Day (25 April). The buttresses on the outside of the building are each topped by a mournful figure, while the bas-reliefs depict scenes from Australian campaigns at Gallipoli and the Western Front. Bruce Dellit, it is made of granite, with statuary and bas-reliefs created by the artist Raynor Hoff. Set in Sydney’s Hyde Park, this is New South Wales’s principal war monument. The Memorial, as seen across the "Lake Of Reflections", by night From a rose garden in Ireland to vast war cemeteries built on or near the major battlefields, these sites ensure that the memory of the war and the sacrifices of those who lost their lives will never fade. Today, memorials, monuments and museums dedicated to WWI can be found in all of the combatant countries. Text copyright © Dorling Kindersley Limited. This story has been adapted and reproduced from "World War I: The Definitive Visual History" with the kind permission of DK Publishing. World War I: The Definitive Visual History
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