this brickwork is
at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, in Ypres,
Belgium and is laid in Flemish bond, which according

to “The Classicist Blog” http://blog.classicist.org/?p=3931 );
is a frustrating misnomer because this brick bond is not native to Flanders
or even nearby sections of France and Holland. However, it does appear
on late medieval buildings in scattered areas of northern and central Europe,
particularly Poland. A rough but conspicuous early example is seen on
Munich’s famous Frauenkirche, built 1468-88. (Figs. 1 & 2) How and from
where it was suddenly spread to England in the early 17th century has not
been determined. Yet its association with buildings in the style of contemporary
structures in the Low Countries has resulted in its being termed ‘Flemish’
bond. In contrast to English bond, garden wall bond, or even haphazard
bonds, which are functional bonds, Flemish bond is a decorative bond,
one that lends visual quality to a wall surface. The bond’s alternating
stretchers (sides of brick) and headers (ends of brick) form a pleasingly
patterned regularity, requiring skill to execute.
C U on the email, keith 