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Messines Ridge Military Cemetery and New Zealand Memorial

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Messines Ridge Military Cemetery and New Zealand Memorial

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Messines Ridge Military Cemetery and New Zealand Memorial

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    Location: Mesen, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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    February 21, 2024

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    The memorial was erected for the missing New Zealanders who died during the fighting around Messines in 1917-1918. There are actually two memorials: the shelter building at the cemetery is …
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    September 19, 2022

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    Messines (Mesen) was considered an important strategic site not only for its high elevation but also for its extensive vaults beneath the monastery known as 'Institution Royale'.

    This cemetery was only established after the Armistice when the many small cemeteries from the surrounding battlefields were brought together here. Most of the graves refer in date to the period of the fighting in June 1917 - the mining battle and preparation for the Third Battle of Passchendaele.


    577 soldiers received their final resting place in this cemetery.
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    September 19, 2022

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    Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial

    Cemetery laid out on monastery ruins.
    The cemetery is laid out on the grounds of the former school and monastery buildings of the “Institution Royale - …
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