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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... town . This site was suggested by Seager- the mayor had proposed the town square - and Fraser produced a model of the memorial depicting the scaling of the town's ramparts by New Zealand troops in 1918. This was used by the French ...
... town . This site was suggested by Seager- the mayor had proposed the town square - and Fraser produced a model of the memorial depicting the scaling of the town's ramparts by New Zealand troops in 1918. This was used by the French ...
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... town of Armentières lies in northern France , just over the border with Belgium . An industrial centre , it was occupied briefly by the Germans in 1914 , and for nearly six months in 1918. It was heavily damaged during the latter period ...
... town of Armentières lies in northern France , just over the border with Belgium . An industrial centre , it was occupied briefly by the Germans in 1914 , and for nearly six months in 1918. It was heavily damaged during the latter period ...
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... town on 4 November , he maintained a close association with the town for the rest of his life . The town's primary school ( l'Ecole du Lieutenant Averill ) is also named after him . ' The time was approximately mid - day [ on 4 November ...
... town on 4 November , he maintained a close association with the town for the rest of his life . The town's primary school ( l'Ecole du Lieutenant Averill ) is also named after him . ' The time was approximately mid - day [ on 4 November ...
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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