NEW ZEALAND MEMORIAL
s'Graventafel
Zonnebeke
West Vlaanderen
Belgium
Location Information
The best way to approach the monument is probably from Dochy Farm New British Cemetery (signposted from Zonnebeke).
From Ieper take the N 37 towards Zonnebeke. Just after the entrance to the Memorial Museum turn left at he roundabout which will bring you to Dochy Farm Cemetery. Continue along the road and at the next junction turn right into Roeselarestraat and the New Zealand Memorial is about 1km on the left.
Historical Information
The New Zealand Memorial commemorates the New Zealand Division’s participation in the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 October 1917. This attack by ANZAC forces successfully pushed forward the allied trench line in the early part of the Passchendaele offensive but was followed by the inadequately prepared attack of 12 October 1917. The memorial was unveiled on 2 August 1924 by the New Zealand High Commissioner in London, Sir James Allen, who had been Minister of Defence in New Zealand during the war.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
The best way to approach the monument is probably from Dochy Farm New British Cemetery (signposted from Zonnebeke).
From Ieper take the N 37 towards Zonnebeke. Just after the entrance to the Memorial Museum turn left at he roundabout which will bring you to Dochy Farm Cemetery. Continue along the road and at the next junction turn right into Roeselarestraat and the New Zealand Memorial is about 1km on the left.
Historical Information
The New Zealand Memorial commemorates the New Zealand Division’s participation in the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 October 1917. This attack by ANZAC forces successfully pushed forward the allied trench line in the early part of the Passchendaele offensive but was followed by the inadequately prepared attack of 12 October 1917. The memorial was unveiled on 2 August 1924 by the New Zealand High Commissioner in London, Sir James Allen, who had been Minister of Defence in New Zealand during the war.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
