Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing from the following battles, which were fought outside the Ypres Salient in the area around Ploegsteert: The memorial also commemorates the names of three recipients of the Victoria Cross who have no known grave: Since 7 June 1999, the "Comité du Memorial de Ploegsteert" has arranged for the Last Post to be played at the memorial on the first Friday of each month. Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing The Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial in Belgium for missing soldiers of World War I. It commemorates men from the Allied Powers who fought
King's Somborne War Memorial focus for the national Remembrance Sunday commemorations, as well as the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing—the largest British war memorial anywhere in the world—and the Stone of Remembrance which appears in all large Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and in several of Lutyens's civic war memorials. The King's Somborne memorial is one of fifteen War Crosses by Lutyens, all sharing a broadly similar design; another, Stockbridge War Memorial, is situated in the nearby town of Stockbridge. Prior to the outbreak of war, Lutyens established his reputation designing luxurious country houses for wealthy clients. Like many of his war memorials, the