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The monument is located in the town of Ypres (now Ieper), in Belgium. The site was chosen because so many soldiers passed along this route on their way to the Front.

It was officially unveiled in 1927, by Field Marshal Lord Plumer, who said that Menin Gate expressed the nation's gratitude for the soldiers' sacrifice, and it could be said of each one who was lost in action;

"He is not missing; he is here.”

Robert Kelly Pollin's name is among the 54,325 engraved on the walls.

The RIR panels on the Menin Gate

It is very much a living memorial to the war dead, as each and every night at 8pm, the local Fire Brigade stops the traffic passing through the arch and sounds the Last Post in tribute to those who lost their lives.