Passchendaele postcards

"Memorial Tablet.

(Great War)

SQUIRE nagged and bullied till I went to fight,  

(Under Lord Derby’s Scheme). I died in hell—  

(They called it Passchendaele). My wound was slight,  

And I was hobbling back; and then a shell  

Burst slick upon the duck-boards: so I fell          

Into the bottomless mud, and lost the light.  

  

At sermon-time, while Squire is in his pew,  

He gives my gilded name a thoughtful stare:  

For, though low down upon the list, I’m there;  

‘In proud and glorious memory’ ... that’s my due.   

Two bleeding years I fought in France, for Squire:  

I suffered anguish that he’s never guessed.  

Once I came home on leave: and then went west...  

What greater glory could a man desire?

By Siegfried Sassoon

November 1918."

An aerial view of the Belgian town Passchendaele c1916. 

Many of the buildings seen here have suffered from heavy shelling but still stand. 

By October 1917 they were all reduced to rubble.

A bombed street in Passchendaele -The front and back of a postcard written by a German soldier in February 1916. 

More devastation in the town of Passchendaele. The church is pictured in the background.

The ruins of Passchendaele Church - note the two German soldiers standing among the rubble.

These images are the front and back of a postcard written by a German soldier of  

11 Company, Reserve Infantry Regiment 236, in April 1915.

It bears the postmark of the German 51st Reserve Division.

Another view of the bomb-damaged church in Passchendaele.

Remembering The Fallen - Messines Ridge

Lance Corporal Norman William Jellyman
Killed in action 8 June 1917

Private George Douglas Fox
Killed in action 8 June 1917

Sapper Robert Jackson Proude
Died of wounds 11 June 1917

Private John Kirkland
Died of wounds, 15 June 1917

Blighty

From the humdrum existence of camp life to the horrors of the front line trenches, soldiers lived for the day to get a trip to 'dear old Blighty'. 'Blighty' was a slang term referrring to Britain, and New Zealand soldiers deployed in France and Belgium longed for their chance of either gaining a leave pass to England or receiving a 'blighty wound' that was just enough to pull them out of the trenches and send them to hospital and eventually a convalescent depot in Britain. What follows, are examples of some of the many Blighty-themed postcards in distribution during the First World War...

Girls in Khaki

Two ladies identified only as Sylvia and Nell, dressed in khaki military uniform as a show of support to New Zealand soldiers on active service overseas.

This portrait postcard was taken at Alva Studios on Cuba Street in Wellington c.1915.

"The Alva Studio, 26 Cuba street, is now under entirely new management, Mr H. Fawson, a well-known Auckland photographer, having purchased the business. General alterations and improvements have been effected, and the studio is now one of the most up-to-date in the city. First-class work and entire satisfaction is guaranteed all patrons." NZ Times, 9 July 1915.

Special Anzac day post - Remembering the Fallen (Wellington Infantry at Messines)

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