New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials of the Western FrontThis is a guide book that provides directions for those who wish to visit the graves of their forbears or to examine the places in which so much New Zealand blood was shed, often in horrifying conditions. Brief descriptions of the various battles in which the New Zealanders took part are provided to give the visitor a perspective on the numerous New Zealand battlefields, monuments, and cemeteries. |
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Page 58
... Longueval on the road to Bazentin , and again clearly signposted , is the large Caterpillar Valley Cemetery . There are 214 New Zealand graves among more than 5000 in this cemetery , 3800 of which are unidentified . Within this cemetery ...
... Longueval on the road to Bazentin , and again clearly signposted , is the large Caterpillar Valley Cemetery . There are 214 New Zealand graves among more than 5000 in this cemetery , 3800 of which are unidentified . Within this cemetery ...
Page 59
... Longueval , take the D20 westward . This area is full of British and other commemorative sites relating to the fighting on the Somme , and you will probably want to be selective about which to visit . At Bazentin , turn right on the ...
... Longueval , take the D20 westward . This area is full of British and other commemorative sites relating to the fighting on the Somme , and you will probably want to be selective about which to visit . At Bazentin , turn right on the ...
Page 94
... Longueval 47 , 56–60 , 63 Ludendorf , Gen 50 Lutyens , Sir Edwin 8,60 Mailly - Maillet 49 , 60 Mansfield , Katherine 33 Marfaux 76-7 , 79 Marseilles 3 , 44 Massey , W.F. 1 Mauberge 66 , 74 Masnières 66-7 McNeece , J. 14 Meaux 44 ...
... Longueval 47 , 56–60 , 63 Ludendorf , Gen 50 Lutyens , Sir Edwin 8,60 Mailly - Maillet 49 , 60 Mansfield , Katherine 33 Marfaux 76-7 , 79 Marseilles 3 , 44 Massey , W.F. 1 Mauberge 66 , 74 Masnières 66-7 McNeece , J. 14 Meaux 44 ...
Contents
Visiting the battlefields | 5 |
MessinesLa Basseville | 26 |
ArmentièresLys | 35 |
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12 October Alexander Turnbull Library Amiens Anzac Corps April Archives New Zealand Armentières Arras artillery Bailleul Bapaume barrage Basseville Battalion Battle Beaudignies Belgium Brigade British Cemetery captured casualties Cathedral Cemetery Ploegsteert Cemetery St Jan commemorated Communal Cemetery Extension CWGC Cyclist Étaples Farm Cemetery fighting Flers forces France front line German offensive Grévillers Havrincourt headstones Hébuterne Ieper II Anzac Corps July Kemmel kilometres Le Quesnoy Longueval machine-gun Marfaux Menin Gate Menin Road Mesen metres Military Cemetery Missing museum November NZEF Otago Passchendaele Passendale Péronne plaque Ploegsteert Wood Polygon Wood Poperinge proceed Quesnoy recorded the names Rifle Road Cemetery Roeselaarestraat Romeries s-Graventafel sector September Sergeant shell Solesmes Somme three kilometres town trenches tunnellers turn left turn right Tyne-Cot unveiled Vertigneul Victoria Cross village wall Website Western Front World Ypres Zealand battlefield memorial Zealand Division Zealand graves Zealand Memorial Zealand soldiers Zealand troops Zealanders advanced Zillebeke
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