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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... fighting around Messines who have no known grave . They include the All Black G.M.V. Sellars . Inside the cemetery there is a pavilion of the same design as the Memorial to the Missing at Polygon Wood . The Messines Historical Museum ...
... fighting around Messines who have no known grave . They include the All Black G.M.V. Sellars . Inside the cemetery there is a pavilion of the same design as the Memorial to the Missing at Polygon Wood . The Messines Historical Museum ...
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... fighting , more than 500 New Zealanders had fallen and another 1800 were wounded . The New Zealanders were relieved on 7 June . When they returned to the line in early July , it was in the area of Rossignol Wood . For the next month ...
... fighting , more than 500 New Zealanders had fallen and another 1800 were wounded . The New Zealanders were relieved on 7 June . When they returned to the line in early July , it was in the area of Rossignol Wood . For the next month ...
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... fighting , the Armistice at 11 a.m. on 11 November ended the campaign . Meanwhile the troops serving with XXII Corps were also operating in the vicinity . The corps headquarters had been established at Mons , and the Cyclist Battalion ...
... fighting , the Armistice at 11 a.m. on 11 November ended the campaign . Meanwhile the troops serving with XXII Corps were also operating in the vicinity . The corps headquarters had been established at Mons , and the Cyclist Battalion ...
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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