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Messines Ridge, Mesen

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#70 of 151 in Historic Sites in West Flanders Province

Cemetery · Tourist Spot

The Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Messines Ridge British Cemetery, near the town of Mesen, Belgium. The memorial lists 827 officers and men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force with no known grave who died in or near Messines in 1917 and 1918. This period included the Battle of Messines.

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By PatriciaG147

The day we visited Messines Ridge there was a howling gale and intermittent pouring rain. Not good for sightseeing, you might think? On the contrary, it provided an authentic firsthand taste of what..... more »
By AJJP1

Hard to imagine that nothing remained. The sheer brutality. The destruction. Their pain on both sides. more »

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By Stewart Woodruff

Lovely memorial with views of the battlefield, stunning and yet sad

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By Tony Mccready

Stopped here to honour and pay respect to our Kiwi brothers in Arms . Once again sad but beautiful , quite a few Aussie buried here as well.

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