Sunday, 31 May 2015

New Zealand Memorial

We were camping the night in a farm camp site in Northern France & a Brit also camping there told us that there was a NZ memorial & cemetery in a near village that we had passed by, the previous day in Le Quesnay.  It was well worth backtracking to. At the entrance to the town there is sign giving directions to the memorial. It was the efforts of the NZ soldiers breaking into the fort held by the invading German troops in WW1 that gave the NZ troops the respect that they are held in even today



. We signed the visitors book which contained names from recent visitors from NZ. The cemetery is kept in great order by the village  community.
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  1. Unknown2 June 2015 at 02:58

    Didn't know about the NZ Memorial very interesting good you went back

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  2. Follower3 June 2015 at 00:36

    Sounds great often you hear about the respect for the kiwi s in the smaller villages glad you came across it ENJOY

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