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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... Mesen [ La Basseville ] Warneton , Ploegsteert Wood Ploegsteert 5 km St Yvon N58 Mesen lies nine kilometres south of Ieper , which provides a good base from which to visit it . To get there , take the Rijselseweg ( N336 ) from leper ...
... Mesen [ La Basseville ] Warneton , Ploegsteert Wood Ploegsteert 5 km St Yvon N58 Mesen lies nine kilometres south of Ieper , which provides a good base from which to visit it . To get there , take the Rijselseweg ( N336 ) from leper ...
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... Mesen Tel 057/44 40 51 . a good overview of the fighting in the area . There is a useful diorama . Although this museum is open offi- cially only on Sundays for half the year , it is possible to visit it by arrange- ment on other days ...
... Mesen Tel 057/44 40 51 . a good overview of the fighting in the area . There is a useful diorama . Although this museum is open offi- cially only on Sundays for half the year , it is possible to visit it by arrange- ment on other days ...
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... Mesen . Once back on the N365 , proceed south from Mesen towards Ploegsteert . At the turn - off to St Yvon ( the scene of intense fighting in 1914 ) turn left , following the CWGC's signposts . A short distance along this road on the ...
... Mesen . Once back on the N365 , proceed south from Mesen towards Ploegsteert . At the turn - off to St Yvon ( the scene of intense fighting in 1914 ) turn left , following the CWGC's signposts . A short distance along this road on the ...
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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