This is the Somme bell in the Carillon at the National War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand. The inscription reads: To the Glorious Memory of The New Zealand Division, 1916–18. Its Record does honour to the land from which it came and to the Empire for which it fought.
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Bells of remembrance
In 1927 the Wellington War Memorial Carillon Society placed an order to cast 49 bells for their proposed First World War memorial Read the full article
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In 1927 the Wellington War Memorial Carillon Society placed an order to cast 49 bells for their proposed First World War
