Original Daily Mirror Newspaper – 25th July 1927 – Menin Gate Memorial Inauguration – Ypres

Original Daily Mirror Newspaper – 25th July 1927 – Menin Gate Memorial Inauguration – Ypres

A fascinating original issue of the Daily Mirror newspaper dated Monday 25th July 1927, published the day after the historic inauguration of the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres, Belgium.

The unveiling ceremony took place on 24th July 1927 and was attended by King Albert of Belgium, Field Marshal Lord Plumer, veterans and thousands of relatives of the fallen.

The magnificent Menin Gate Memorial was erected to commemorate the tens of thousands of British and Commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives in the Ypres Salient during the First World War and have no known grave.

The memorial became one of the most important and recognisable places of remembrance on the Western Front, with the Last Post ceremony continuing to this day.

This original newspaper dates from a particularly poignant moment in Britain’s remembrance of the Great War, capturing the period when the nation was commemorating the sacrifice of an entire generation just nine years after the Armistice.

An interesting piece of interwar British press history, particularly appealing to collectors of First World War memorabilia, Ypres and Western Front history, historical newspapers and military ephemera.

A genuine contemporary newspaper published the day after one of the most significant First World War memorial inaugurations.

Item Details

Publication: Daily Mirror

Date: Monday 25th July 1927

Historical connection: Inauguration of the Menin Gate Memorial

Location: Ypres, Belgium

Period: Interwar years

Type: Original British newspaper

Condition: Please see photographs for condition.