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World War I (WWI, WW1, the First World War, the Great War) was a global war originating in Europe and lasting from 1914 to 1918. When the United Kingdom declared war on Germany at the start of the First World War, the New Zealand government followed without hesitation, despite its geographic isolation and small population. It was believed at the time that any declaration of war by the United K...
The capture of the French town of Le Quesnoy (pronounced Ken-Waah) by the New Zealand Division on 4 November 1918 has special significance in New Zealand's military history. This is not merely because it was the last major action by the New Zealanders in the Great War – the armistice followed a week later – but also because of the particular way it was captured. When the New Zealand Division a...
A project for New Zealanders who were held as prisoners of war overseas during any field of war and those who were held as prisoners of war in New Zealand (eg. Featherston prisoner of war camp was a camp for captured Japanese soldiers during World War II).A prisoner of war (POW, PoW, PW, P/W, WP, PsW, enemy prisoner of war (EPW) or "missing-captured") is a person, whether combatant or non-comba...
Country: Belgium* Locality: West-Vlaanderen* Identified Casualties: 9877==Location Information==Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located 12 Kms west of Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge. From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308) is reached via the Elverdingestraat, then over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. T...
The LONE PINE MEMORIAL stands on the site of the fiercest fighting at Lone Pine and overlooks the whole front line of May 1915. It commemorates more than 4,900 Australian and New Zealand servicemen who died in the Anzac area - the New Zealanders prior to the fighting in August 1915 - whose graves are not known. Others named on the memorial died at sea and were buried in Gallipoli waters. Source...
Colincamps and "Euston", a road junction a little east of the village, were within the Allied lines before the Somme offensive of July 1916. The cemetery was started as a front line burial ground during and after the unsuccessful attack on Serre on 1 July, but after the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line in March 1917 it was scarcely used. It was briefly in German hands towards the end of...
Mud Corner Cemetery is located 12 kilometres south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Rijselseweg N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen, Ploegsteert and on to Armentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the ...
=====Images By Wernervc - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, ==Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, BelgiumThe cemetery was first used from September to December 1917 for burials from the 3rd Australian and 44th Casualty Clearing Stations, which had been moved to Poperinghe (now Poperinge) in preparation for the 1917 Battle of Ypres. The cemetery was used again by fighting units between...
Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France=====Image right - By Wernervc - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, St. Omer was the General Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force from October 1914 to March 1916. Lord Roberts died there in November 1914. The town was a considerable hospital centre with the 4th, 10th, 7th Canadian, 9th Canadian and New Zealand Stationary Hospitals, ...
Several names of those killed during World War I are missing from Tauranga’s war memorials. This page is an attempt to list those Tauranga people who served during the First World War. It is a collaboration between Fiona Kean and Debbie McCauley. Fiona’s book ‘From Tauranga to the Trenches’ provides an excellent insight into Tauranga during the 1914-1918 period of warfare. Source: Tauranga Peop...
Flers is a village in the Department of the Somme, about 8 kilometres north-east of Albert. From the D929, direction Bapaume-Albert, leave Bapaume and after 1.3 kilometres follow the signs for Ligny Thilloy. Continue through the village until you give way to the D10, then turn right and follow signs for Flers. 200 metres into the village of Flers is a sign for Bulls Road Cemetery. Follow the wi...
CWGC Ndola (Kansenshi) Cemetery Zambia Image Right Courtesy of CWGC This cemetery contains 23 War Dead concentrated from Abercorn European Cemetery and 2 concentrated from Livingstone Cemetery. It also contains a special memorial to 1 casualty known to be buried in Chikuula Military Grave and special memorials to 2 casualties formerly commemorated on the Ikawa (or Old Fife) Memorial, whose gra...
Vertigneul is a hamlet of the commune of Romeries in the Department of the Nord. Vertigneul and Romeries were both taken by the 1st Otago Regiment, the 2nd Canterbury Regiment and the 8th Lancashire Fusiliers on 23 October 1918. Vertigneul Churchyard contains the graves of 20 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War, 19 of them from New Zealand units. Source: New Zealand War Graves Projec...
Divisional Cemetery, Dickebusch Road is located 2 km west of Ieper town centre. From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308), is reached via Elverdingsestraat then straight over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. 1km along the Poperingseweg lies the left hand turning onto Om...
Due to its proximity to the port of Southampton, its railway connections and an abundance of large houses in the area, Brockenhurst was chosen in 1915 by the War Office to become a hospital centre. Initially, Lady Hardinge's Hospital (named after the wife of the Viceroy of India) for the Indian troops of the Lahore and Meerut Divisions was established south of the village. This was then replace...
This page is an index to war memorials within New Zealand to those who died during war. It includes memorials from the New Zealand Wars, Boer War, World War I, World War II and those wars since. These memorials are often found in each community within New Zealand. An excellent source of information for those interested is the book The Sorrow and the Pride: New Zealand War Memorials by Chris McL...