Caterpillar Valley Cemetery and N.Z. Memorial to the Missing, Longueval.
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New Zealand Memorial, Longueval, France
The NZ Memorial in Longueval France is dedicated to the New Zealand Division who took part in the first Battle of the Somme in 1916.
The NZ Memorial is located in isolation in the middle of fields to the north of the village of Longueval and west of Flers.
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Longueval New Zealand Memorial
Battle of the Somme Centenary - 15 September 2016 - Longueval, France
On 15th September, we pay our respects and express our gratitude for the service and sacrifice of the soldiers of the New Zealand Division who served in the Battle of the Somme.
The services are open to the public, regardless of nationality, and are not ticketed.
For those wishing to attend the international services further information is available on the WW100 website, visit ww100.govt.nz/battle-of-the-somme-centenary.
A truly nightmarish world greeted the New Zealand Division when it joined the Battle of the Somme in mid-September 1916. It was New Zealand’s first major engagement on the Western Front and took a huge toll on the 15,000 members of the New Zealand Division who were involved
The Division sustained approximately 8000 casualties, including more than 2,000 who lost their lives. The New Zealand Memorial to the Missing in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery lists 1,204 names.
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Cimetière militaire de Longueval (Caterpillar valley) + le mémorial néo zélandais(80)
Longueval est une commune française, située dans le département de la Somme en région Picardie. Longueval se situe au nord-est du département, à peu près au centre du triangle Péronne (à l'Est), Albert (à l'Ouest), et Bapaume (au Nord). Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, la commune fut ravagée au cours de la bataille de la Somme et en particulier la bataille du bois Delville ou s'illustrèrent les soldats sud-africains ; tandis que les Néo-Zélandais partis de Longueval réussissaient à prendre Flers.
Cimetière militaire de Longueval (Caterpillar valley) (chenille) était le nom donné par les troupes à cette vallée sinueuse. Le secteur fut pris aux allemand en juillet 1916 et reperdu en mars 1918 et repris cinq mois plus tard. Mes hommes enterrés dans ce cimetière sont tombés au cours de ces trois engagement, il est situé sur la route de de Contalmaison, ce cimetière rassemble 5 569 sépultures de soldats du Commonwealth dont 5 229 britanniques, 214 néo-zélandais, 100 australiens, 18 sud-africains, 8 canadiens.
Sur le mur est du cimetière, sont gravés, sur des pierres venues de Portland, les noms de 1 205 soldats néo-zélandais morts pendant la Bataille de la Somme en septembre et octobre 1916 et qui n'ont pas de sépulture. Parmi les tombes sur la rangée A 14, se trouvent des tombes maories.
“Poppies and Pohutukawa’ performed at the Battle of the Somme centenary
On 15 September 2016, the New Zealand Government held three ceremonies to mark 100 years since New Zealand’s involvement in the Battle of the Somme at Longueval, France.
The National Commemorative Service took place at the Caterpillar Valley Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Longueval. France. This cemetery is where the New Zealand Memorial to the Missing for the Somme is located and also where New Zealand’s Unknown Warrior was exhumed before reinternment at the National
War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand.
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The New Zealand Government thanks the French government and people and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for their support of these services.
NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE TO MARK THE 100 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
On 15 September 2016, the New Zealand Government held three ceremonies to mark 100 years since New Zealand’s involvement in the Battle of the Somme at Longueval, France.
The National Commemorative Service took place at the Caterpillar Valley Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Longueval. France. This cemetery is where the New Zealand Memorial to the Missing for the Somme is located and also where New Zealand’s Unknown Warrior was exhumed before reinternment at the National
War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand.
The service, conducted in English and French, included speeches by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, His Excellency Dr James Kember, New Zealand Ambassador to France, the Honourable Gerry Brownlee, New Zealand Minister of Defence and M. Jean-Marc Todeschini, French Republic Secretary of State for Veterans’ Affairs.
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The New Zealand Government thanks the French government and people and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for their support of these services.
New Zealand Remembers At Longueval, France, Sunset Service, September 15, 2016
At The New Zealand Sunset Service At Longueval, France, This Was The Third Service Of The Day, On September 15, 2016, This One At Sunset, A Very Moving Service To All The Fallen From New Zealand Who Were Killed At The Battle Of The Somme, 1916.
Lest We Forget Longueval - WW100 New Zealand
In response to the phrase Lest We Forget, WW100 New Zealand poses the question How do we remember?
This footage shows Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, at Longueval, France. It was near this site that the New Zealanders entered the Battle of the Somme on 15 September 1916.
The cemetery contains a memorial commemorating more than 1,200 officers and men of the New Zealand Division who died in the Battles of the Somme in 1916, and whose graves are not known.
To find out how New Zealand is commemorating the First World War centenary, visit
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The Western Front 100 years on (2) - Delville Wood, Longueval
Visit to the Somme, September 2018
Delville Wood & Longueval
South African (Delville Wood) National Memorial
Delville Wood Cemetery
New Zealand National Memorial, Longueval
Pipers' Memorial, Longueval
Monument aux Morts, Longueval
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery
Caterpillar Valley New Zealand Memorial
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Catterpillar Valley Cemetery
Catterpillar Valley Cemetery, the Somme, France
The last post by Thomas Scott at the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery.
Longueval - La Bataille de la Somme #4
Quatrième épisode sur la Bataille de la Somme. Aujourd'hui, nous nous rendons au mémorial Sud-Africain et au mémorial Néo-Zélandais de Longueval.
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Battle of the Somme trailer
On 15th September, we pay our respects and express our gratitude for the service and sacrifice of the soldiers of the New Zealand Division who served in the Battle of the Somme.
The services are open to the public, regardless of nationality, and are not ticketed.
For those wishing to attend the international services further information is available on the WW100 website, visit ww100.govt.nz/battle-of-the-somme-centenary.
A truly nightmarish world greeted the New Zealand Division when it joined the Battle of the Somme in mid-September 1916. It was New Zealand’s first major engagement on the Western Front and took a huge toll on the 15,000 members of the New Zealand Division who were involved
The Division sustained approximately 8000 casualties, including more than 2,000 who lost their lives. The New Zealand Memorial to the Missing in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery lists 1,204 names.
Music Track: 'Travel at Dawn'
Music by: Russ Makiwizc
Attack at Fromelles
On the 19 of July 1916 the Australian 5th and British 61st divisions attacked the German defences in front of the French village of Fromelles. Some 7,000 were killed or wounded in what was only a diversionary attack.
Capture of Trônes Wood
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The Capture of Trônes Wood was an action in the First World War fought by the British Fourth Army and the German 2nd Army, during the Battle of the Somme.Trônes Wood lay on the northern slope of Montauban ridge, between Bernafay Wood and Guillemont.The wood dominated the southern approach to Longueval and Trônes Alley, a German communication trench between Bernafay Wood and the northern tip of Trônes Wood to Guillemont.A light railway ran through the centre, which was in a dip formed by the east end of Caterpillar Valley sloping away to the west.
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Prince Charles honours NZ dead in WWI
(15 Sep 2016) Britain's Prince Charles and other dignitaries honoured thousands of soldiers from New Zealand and other Pacific islands killed 100 years ago in World War I, in emotional ceremonies on Thursday at the site of the devastating Battle of the Somme.
About half of the 15-thousand New Zealand forces who fought in the battle, one of history's bloodiest, were killed or wounded.
Most have no known grave, and their names are inscribed on a memorial in the French town of Longueval.
My hope is that today we can rededicate ourselves to a future free of intolerance and conflict. We do this in honour of the memory of those who fought and died here, so long ago, the Prince of Wales said in a speech at the Caterpillar Valley Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Longueval.
The prince - wearing the uniform of a field marshal in the New Zealand army, a rank he was given last year - laid a wreath at the New Zealand Battlefield Memorial. It was part of a day of commemorations in the Somme region, whose forests and plains became battlefields for months.
The New Zealand infantry entered action on September 15, 1916, exactly 100 years ago, in the country's first major engagement on the Western Front.
Hundreds were killed, including islanders building communications trenches under artillery fire.
More than 1 million people were killed, wounded or went missing in the Battle of the Somme as British and French troops faced off against German opposition from July 1 to November 18, 1916, trading poison gas shells and relentless artillery bombardments.
British, French and German officials have held multiple commemorations this year marking the centenary of the battle and stressing efforts at European unity in recent decades to avoid future wars.
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Prince of Wales tributes fallen NZ troops at Battle of Somme centenary
The Prince of Wales, Charles paid tribute to New Zealand troops who took part in the Battle of Somme at a service commemorating 100 years since the bloody event. While some New Zealand families gathered in a small town in north France to remember the brave soldiers, Prince Charles also took the opportunity to address the crowd with the final line of 'The Ode' in te reo. More than 2000 men from New Zealand lost their lives at the world war one battle.
New Zealand Forces on the Somme
On Thursday 15 September, a ceremony will be held to mark the centenary of the first major engagement for New Zealand soldiers on the Western Front.
The event will be held at CWGC Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval – the second largest commonwealth war cemetery on the Somme.
On the eastern boundary wall, a memorial commemorates 1,200 members of the New Zealand forces who died on the Somme and have no known grave.
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