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Commemorating the centenary of the 1914-1918 Great War, Travel Pics remembers.

Maori Memorial

Located inside the Messines Ridge British Cemetary is a plaque to the Maori Battalion.

There's also a memorial to the New Zealand soldiers who fell in or near Messines in 1917 and 1918 and whose graves are known only to God.

This is one of seven memorials to the officers and men of New Zealand who died on the Western Front without a known grave.

Messines Ridge British Cemetery

Messines Ridge British Cemetery is located 10km south of Ieper on the Nieuwkerkestraat, outside Mesen.

The Battle for Messines Ridge began on 7th June 1917.

Messines Ridge British Cemetery

1914-1918 Great War Centenary

American Battle Monuments Commission.
Armistice Signing in Compiegne.
Artstetten Castle in June.
British Cemetery at Messines Ridge.
Fort de Douaumont, Verdun.
German Bunker at Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Hill 60 Cratered Landscape.
Montsec American Monument.
Pozieres British Cemetery.
Saint-Mihiel American Cemetery.
Their Name Liveth For Evermore.
World War One Trenches.

Remembrance Sunday - Lest We Forget.

Pillars of Fire: The Battle of Messines Ridge June 1917

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