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.
Watch the full ceremony at • NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE...
The New Zealand Government thanks the French government and people and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for their support of these services.