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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... line , it was in the Polderhoek ( Poezelhoek ) area , about six kilometres south of Passchendaele . After mounting an attack on 3 December , which gained some ground at heavy cost , they spent the remainder of the winter in this area ...
... line , it was in the Polderhoek ( Poezelhoek ) area , about six kilometres south of Passchendaele . After mounting an attack on 3 December , which gained some ground at heavy cost , they spent the remainder of the winter in this area ...
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... Front . At the time the New Zealanders concentrated in the area around Hazebrouck in April 1916 , the fighting along the whole British front line was characterized by relatively small - scale operations . Preparations were in train for ...
... Front . At the time the New Zealanders concentrated in the area around Hazebrouck in April 1916 , the fighting along the whole British front line was characterized by relatively small - scale operations . Preparations were in train for ...
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... front line , work that continued until March 1918. When the German offensive began on 21 March , the company was set to work building a switch trench at Neuville Vitasse that would shortly prove vital in the defence of Arras . For the ...
... front line , work that continued until March 1918. When the German offensive began on 21 March , the company was set to work building a switch trench at Neuville Vitasse that would shortly prove vital in the defence of Arras . For the ...
Contents
Visiting the battlefields | 5 |
MessinesLa Basseville | 26 |
ArmentièresLys | 35 |
Copyright | |
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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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