Special Memorials
The cemetery has 79 "special memorials". In the form of stone obelisks or just headstones with special notations, they record the names of 24 soldiers known or believed to be buried in the cemetery and a further 54 whose graves were lost in later fighting or could not be found after the war. As these are known casualties (not "missing"), they are included in the total figure for burials in the cemetery and are not recorded on the Menin Gate.
Read more about this topic: Menin Road South Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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