The Wytschaete-Messines Ridge in Western Flanders, Belgium was strategic high ground held by the Germans in 1917. Over a year in the making, Allied forces ambitiously tunnelled their way underground, far beneath No Man's Land and beyond to the German front line. Many tunnels were created and they all led to chambers laden with high explosives. Secrecy was paramount during construction of these tunnels and in the lead-up to Zero Hour, at 3.10am on 7 June 1917. It was at that moment that nineteen of these high explosive mines were detonated. Many veterans remembered the ferocious blasts, the massive upheaval of earth which shook both sides like an earthquake, and the deafening sound which was reportedly heard as far away as London.
After detonation the Allied forces began their advance on to the Wytschaete-Messines Ridge. Their objective was to win the Ridge and push back the German regiments.
The New Zealanders were successful in their bid to drive the Germans out of the village of Messines but in doing so, lost many casualties. Among them was my great great uncle Private George Douglas Fox, All Blacks James Baird, George Sellars, Jim McNeece and Reg Taylor, New Zealand boxer James Penrose and New Zealand Rugby League representative William Bussell.
Ruins of the church and monastry, Messines, Belgium.
In this special Anzac day post, and in the hundred years since the Battle of Messines, I pay tribute and remembrance to the men of the Wellington Infantry who were killed in this battle. The fallen are;
10/2512
|
Allgood,
William
|
Private
|
9th
Coy, 1st Bn
|
25 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/2842
|
Andrewes,
Leonard Charles
|
Private
|
9th
Coy, 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
33500
|
Andrews,
Thomas
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 3rd Bn
|
13 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Motor Car
Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
11/2022
|
Astbury, Eric
David
|
L-Corp
|
2nd
Bn
|
9 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
29351
|
Ballinger,
Thomas Edwin
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
23 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Strand
Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
14558
|
Bannister,
Stanley Masters
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
20 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Pont-d'Achelles
Military Cemetery, Nieppe, France
|
11/1405
|
Barnett,
Herbert Ernest
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
10 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
31214
|
Black,
Hugh Robert
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/1024
|
Bollinger,
George Wallace
|
2/Lt
|
2nd
Bn
|
10 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension, France
|
10/3195
|
Borthwick,
John Rutherford
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Lindenhoek
Chalet Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3196
|
Bouttell,
John Arthur
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
22683
|
Bowden,
William Richard Higgs
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
17 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Motor Car
Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
29345
|
Bradley,
Victor Seaton
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
18 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
38114
|
Brown,
David Thompson
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
12 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Strand
Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
31220
|
Calder,
Willie Bunting
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
17/382
|
Caswell,
William
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
23 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
13294
|
Campbell,
George Colin
|
L-Corp
|
3rd
Bn
|
21 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Nieppe
Communal Cemetery, France
|
15685
|
Carr,
Percy Richard
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
9 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
17/382
|
Caswell,
William
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
23 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
23763
|
Christensen,
Arthur Ring
|
L-Corp
|
2nd
Bn
|
9 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension, France
|
10/765
|
Christie,
Augustus
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
1 June
1917
|
Died of Wounds
|
Trois
Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France
|
10/3217
|
Clague,
William Andrew
|
Private
|
11th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
28093
|
Codd,
Herbert Henry
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
7 June 1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/2893
|
Collinson,
Robert William
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/1006
|
Cook,
Henry George
|
L-Corp
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Lindenhoek
Chalet Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
15694
|
Corbett,
Albert
|
Private
|
11th
Coy 2nd Bn
|
23 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
20971
|
Cowan,
James Lockhead
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension, France
|
10/2564
|
Cranswick,
Thomas Bertram
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3445
|
Creamer,
Robert Henry
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3227
|
Crofskey,
John
|
L-Corp
|
11th
Coy 2nd Bn
|
23 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3158
|
Crombie,
Frederick William
|
Corp.
|
9th
Coy 2nd Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
14589
|
Crosbie,
Andrew
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
26 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/1460
|
Cunningham,
Duncan
|
L-Sgt
|
3rd
Bn
|
22 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Trois
Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France
|
10/3526
|
Currie,
Arthur Fredrick
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
12358
|
D’Ath,
Cuthbert
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
10 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension, France
|
28106
|
Dixon,
James Arthur
|
Private
|
9th
Coy 2nd Bn
|
20 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Trois
Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France
|
23812
|
Doherty,
Adam Thomas
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
28111
|
Donald, William
Kenneth
|
L-Corp
|
11th
Coy 3rd Bn
|
15 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Cite
Bonjean (N.Z.) Memorial, France
|
23/1375
|
Doria, Leonard Jack
|
Private
|
9th Coy 2nd Bn
|
8 June 1917
|
Killed in Action
|
Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
25489
|
Doyle,
Arthur Edgar
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/236
|
Dunbar,
Robert
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
22490
|
Elliott,
Norman Leslie
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
20131
|
Falconer,
James Johnson
|
Private
|
B Coy 1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/2816
|
Fell,
Gerald Horton
|
Lieut.
|
11th
Coy 1st Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
19136
|
Fife,
Douglas Alexander
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
22 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
29383
|
Finlay,
Andrew Campbell
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
31247
|
Fitzmaurice,
Harman Samuel
|
Private
|
9th
Coy 1st Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/2935
|
Flavell,
Carleton
|
Corp.
|
7th
Coy 1st Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines Ridge
(N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3258
|
Foster,
Alfred Melvin
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
10 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France
|
10/2137
|
Fox, George Douglas
|
Private
|
17th Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June 1917
|
Killed in Action
|
Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery,
Belgium
|
10/2139
|
Francis,
William Arthur
|
L-Sergt
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
31251
|
Fraser,
Douglas
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
8/2596
|
Frew,
David Hay
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
1/279
|
Godsell,
Amos William
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
29390
|
Gordon,
Robert
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
10 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
St. Sever
Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
|
39589
|
Hales,
Wilfred Francis
|
Private
|
9th
Coy 3rd Bn
|
15 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Pont-d'Achelles
Military Cemetery, Nieppe, France
|
31263
|
Haliday,
Edward Austin Randal
|
Private
|
7th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
31259
|
Hall,
Thomas Bernard
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Kandahar
Farm Cemetery, Heuvelland, Belgium
|
13438
|
Hallett,
James Thomas
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
25517
|
Hamblyn, Thomas Day (brother
below)
|
Private
|
1st Bn
|
8 June 1917
|
Killed in Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
25516
|
Hamblyn, William Charles
|
Private
|
11th Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June 1917
|
Killed in Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
25868
|
Hansen,
Viggo
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
29401
|
Harnett,
Francis Joseph
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Cement
House Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
|
31268
|
Harris,
George Edward
|
Private
|
11th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
24618
|
Harris,
William Henry
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
33359
|
Hart,
Henry Ernest
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 3rd Bn
|
13 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Trois
Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France
|
13761
|
Harwood,
Herbert Richard
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3288
|
Headifen,
Leonard
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
22 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Calais
Southern Cemetery, France
|
10/900
|
Heathcote,
Herbert Henry
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
27655
|
Hende,
Peter Borresen
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
4/1128
|
Hickson,
Arnold Gordon
|
Sgt.
|
17th
Coy 2nd Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
39534
|
Holz, Allan (brother below)
|
Private
|
17th Coy 3rd Bn
|
13 June 1917
|
Killed in Action
|
Motor Car Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
39535
|
Holz, Ernest John Julius
|
Private
|
17th Coy 3rd Bn
|
13 June 1917
|
Killed in Action
|
Motor Car Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
36866
|
Hope,
Robert
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
14 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Motor Car
Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
1/384
|
Howard,
Frederick
|
2/Lt
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
20351
|
Hume,
Samuel Stewart
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
28136
|
Humphries,
Wharton Larwill
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
23 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
27656
|
Irving,
Walter John
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
5 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Maple
Leaf Cemetery, Belgium
|
25532
|
Jackson,
Ewan Alfred
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
23 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
19096
|
James,
David
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/1865
|
Johanson,
William L. (M.M.)
|
Sgt.
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
25165
|
Jones,
Henry Earle
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
29413
|
Jones,
Richard William
|
Private
|
11th
Coy 1st Bn
|
9 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
20360
|
Karalus,
Frederick Stanley R.
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
9 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Bailleul Communal
Cemetery Extension, France
|
10355
|
Kean,
John
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
20362
|
Kirkland,
John
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
15 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Etaples
Military Cemetery, France
|
36985
|
Knight,
Edgar Shannon
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
14 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Motor Car
Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
20364
|
Laidlaw,
James Strang
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
27673
|
Lewis,
Lionel
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
4 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Underhill
Farm Cemetery, Belgium
|
20369
|
Lilly,
Clarence Henry
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
15737
|
Limpus, Percy
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Underhill
Farm Cemetery, Belgium
|
33390
|
Lippett,
Albert Henry
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
18 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Motor Car
Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
12421
|
Loughman,
Daniel Patrick
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3637
|
Lugg,
Albert Henry
|
L-Corp.
|
1st
Bn
|
26 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
37000
|
McClure,
John Bennett
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
12 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
32042
|
McConnell,
Robert
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
19 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Strand
Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
25283
|
McEwan,
William
|
L-Corp.
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
19167
|
McEwen,
Stanley Hugh
|
Private
|
11th
Coy 2nd Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/695
|
McGonagle,
Cyril
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
39867
|
McGrath,
Charles
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
14 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Motor Car
Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
14139
|
McGrath, John
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
11 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension, France
|
24382
|
Mackay,
John Campbell
|
Sgt.
|
3rd
Bn
|
21 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Motor Car
Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
12445
|
McKay,
John William
|
L-Corp.
|
2nd
Bn
|
10 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
23/847
|
McKegney,
Hugh
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
32043
|
McKelvey,
Daniel Alexander
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
19 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Trois
Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France
|
24671
|
McKey,
Michael Dominick C.
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3675
|
McLaughlin,
John Joseph
|
L-Corp.
|
2nd
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension, France
|
29454
|
McLeay,
Ian McKenzie
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
29456
|
McNamara,
Clive John
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
20373
|
Main,
Stephen Robert
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
11/1828
|
Marsh,
Howard Edgar
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
20 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
29438
|
Maxwell,
David
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
31314
|
Miers,
Ernest Walter
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
23 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
29442
|
Milne,
Douglas
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
9 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension, France
|
31317
|
Mitchell,
Joseph
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
17 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Motor Car
Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
28177
|
Moffett,
Thomas
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
14837
|
Moloney,
James
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
11076
|
Moore,
Joseph William
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
31323
|
Morgan,
Thomas
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
4 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3653
|
Morris, Gerald
Walter
|
Sgt.
|
11th
Coy 2nd Bn
|
23 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
28175
|
Mowat,
Herbert Gavin
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
4 June
1917
|
Died of
Disease
|
Brookwood
Military Cemetery, England
|
14659
|
Murray,
William
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
4 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Trois
Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France
|
10/2713
|
Mutton,
Charles Thomas
|
L-Corp
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
31333
|
Nelson,
Thomas
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
33425
|
Nelson,
William George
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
16 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Motor Car
Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
11/1940
|
Newlove,
Leighton Lionel
|
L-Corp
|
2nd
Bn
|
13 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Etaples
Military Cemetery, France
|
12/609
|
Nicholls,
George Henry
|
L-Corp
|
2nd
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
25168
|
Nickolls,
Frederick Charles
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
25572
|
Norris,
John Henry Marryat
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Westhof
Farm Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/1937
|
O’Brien,
Michael
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
29462
|
O’Connor,
Michael Francis
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
9 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3968
|
Old,
Edgar
|
Private
|
11th
Coy, 1st Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3822
|
Old,
Harry Alexander
|
L-Corp
|
11th
Coy, 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
11925
|
Oliver,
Richard Albert
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/2270
|
Parkinson,
Walter Henry
|
Sergt.
|
2nd
Bn
|
9 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3699
|
Paterson,
William Henry
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
23760
|
Paul,
James Coutts
|
L-Corp
|
2nd
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
16577
|
Phillips,
Cecil Tasman
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
9 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension, France
|
24/2073
|
Pierce,
Daniel William
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
29477
|
Preston,
John
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
24/2555
|
Quealy,
Thomas
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
3 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Berks
Cemetery Extension, Belgium
|
12330
|
Redmond,
William John
|
L-Corp.
|
2nd
Bn
|
9 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France
|
31350
|
Reid,
James
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/2463
|
Robinson,
Archibald James
|
Corp.
|
3rd
Bn
|
15 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Pont-d'Achelles
Military Cemetery, Nieppe, France
|
6/2533
|
Robinson,
Arthur Gordon
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Berks
Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Belgium
|
29485
|
Robinson,
Claud
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
26 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
32066
|
Robinson,
Francis John C.
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
28542
|
Ryan,
David William
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
19 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Motor Car
Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
29492
|
Ryan,
Joseph
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/2482
|
Scott,
Robert Francis C. (M.I.D.)
|
Captain.
|
9th
Coy, 2nd Bn
|
9 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension, France
|
10/1647
|
Seagrave,
Ambrose
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
11955
|
Shannon,
Ronald Lenon
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
5 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Trois
Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France
|
27701
|
Shea,
John Henry
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
11 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
London
Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Belgium
|
29971
|
Shearer,
Charles Hans
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France
|
10/3872
|
Shefford,
James
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
25598
|
Shepherd,
Orr
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
20434
|
Shield,
Ronald Coode
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
30410
|
Shrimpton,
Arthur Vincent
|
Corp.
|
3rd
Bn
|
15 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Pont-d'Achelles
Military Cemetery, Nieppe, France
|
28221
|
Simmons,
Emanuel
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
6 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
23/2088
|
Simson,
Fred. George Osbourne
|
Private
|
E Coy 2nd
Bn
|
11 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension, France
|
10/2772
|
Stevenson,
Claude
|
Private
|
9th
Coy 1st Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/998
|
Stevenson,
Hugh Kenneth
|
Sergt.
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/4190
|
Stewart,
Alexander
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
28 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Trois
Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France
|
25611
|
Stott,
James Thomas
|
Private
|
11th
Coy 1st Bn
|
9 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension, France
|
10/947
|
Struthers,
Andrew
|
T-Corp.
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/3096
|
Stubbs,
Pearson
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
11 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
St Sever
Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
|
29508
|
Sturch,
Edward Joseph
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/2777
|
Sutton,
Enoch
|
L-Corp.
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
24/2106
|
Symons,
Benjamin
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
27 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Underhill
Farm Cemetery, Belgium
|
8/2738
|
Taylor,
Reginald (All Black)
|
L-Corp.
|
1st
Bn
|
20 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Underhill
Farm Cemetery, Belgium
|
11971
|
Thrupp,
Ernest
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
20457
|
Thrush,
Edward Walter
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
24/1218
|
Turner,
Arthur Henry
|
Private
|
3rd
Bn
|
14 June
1917
|
Died of
Wounds
|
Motor Car
Corner Cemetery, Belgium
|
6/2309
|
Vine,
William Lightfoot
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
23 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
12517
|
Waby,
Benjamin
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
20471
|
Ward,
Reuben Oscar
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/2473
|
Williams,
Bertram Victor
|
Private
|
17th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines Ridge
(N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|
16023
|
Wilson,
Richard
|
Private
|
2nd
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
10/1328
|
Wilson,
Walter
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Lindenhoek
Chalet Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
17849
|
York,
Henry Maldron
|
Private
|
1st
Bn
|
7 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek
Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
|
16035
|
Young,
Alfred Charles
|
Private
|
7th
Coy 1st Bn
|
8 June
1917
|
Killed in
Action
|
Messines
Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
|