Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial
Mesen, Belgium
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Designed by Charles Holden for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial stands in Messines Ridge British Cemetery near Mesen, Belgium. The memorial commemorates 827 officers and men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force who died in or near Messines during 1917 and 1918, including those who fell in the Battle of Messines, and whose graves remain unknown. Now a protected monument (beschermd monument), it serves as a lasting record of New Zealand's sacrifice on the Western Front during the First World War.
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- Type
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial
- Heritage
- beschermd monument
- Place
- Mesen, Belgium
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