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Generation No. 1 1. DAVID MILK was born 1789 in Yaxham, Norfolk, England, and died December 1883 in Weston Longville, St. Faiths, Norfolk, England. He married FRANCES _______. She was born 1786-1787 in Yaxham, Norfolk, England. In 1881 David was a farmer in Greensgate, Weston Longville, Norfolk, farming 130 acres and employing 4 men and 1 boy. Children of DAVID MILK and FRANCES _______ are: 2. i. WILLIAM MILK, b.1819-1820, Scarning, Norfolk, England. 3. ii. ROBERT MILK, b. c1820. 4. iii. JAMES MILK, b.1822-1823, Scarning, Norfolk, England. iv. MATTHEW MILK, b.1822-1823, Scarning, Norfolk, England. James and Matthew may have been twins. VIEW DAVID's FAMILY TREE
Generation No. 2 2. WILLIAM MILK (DAVID) was born 1819-1820 in Scarning, Norfolk, England. He married BETSEY PAYNE?, daughter of JAMES and MARY PAYNE. She was born 1822-1823 in Fundenhall, Norfolk, England. In 1851 William was a Master Wheelwright, employing 1 man, and living in Stanfield with his brother James. Children of WILLIAM MILK and BETSEY PAYNE? are: 5. i. ROBERT H. MILK, b.1847-1848, Weston, Norfolk, England. ii. JAMES PAYNE MILK, b.1849-1850, Weston, Norfolk, d:bef 1901; md:Dec. 1880 (St. Faiths), EMMA BATES, b:1854-1855 in Weston, Norfolk. They lived on Turnpike Road, Great Witchingham, Norfolk in 1881 when James was the Inn Keeper of the Kings Head Inn on Fakenham Road, Eynesford Hundred. James is also listed as proprietor of the Kings Head Inn between 1890 and 1891. 3. ROBERT MILK, (DAVID) was born c1820. He married SARAH (MARY?) THURSTON in the fourth quarter of 1839, in Norwich, Norfolk. ROBERT and SARAH emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, USA about 1840. VIEW ROBERT's FAMILY TREE Children of ROBERT MILK and SARAH THURSTON are: (all born in Cleveland) 6. i. JOHN MILK, bc1840, d1867 in Michigan, USA ii. EMMA MILK iii. ALBERT MILK iv. ALICE MILK v. ELLA MILK 4. JAMES MILK (DAVID) was born 1822-1823 in Scarning, Norfolk, England. He married MARY PAYNE? Abt. 1845, daughter of JAMES and MARY PAYNE. She was born 1826-1827 in Fundenhall, Norfolk, England. In 1881, James was a retired farmer living in the Heath Walnut Cottage in Hockering, Norfolk, England. Children of JAMES MILK and MARY PAYNE? are: 7. i. JAMES R. MILK, b.1846-1847, Hockering, Norfolk. 8. ii. GEORGE MILK, b.1847-1848, Hockering, Norfolk, England. iii. MARY ALICE PAYNE MILK, b.1849-1850, Stanfield, Norfolk d:Sept. 19, 1859 Stanfield, Norfolk. iv. EMMA MILK, b.1852 9. v. MATTHEW PAYNE MILK, b.1854-1855, Stanfield, Norfolk, England. vi. ELIZABETH MILK, b.1858-1859, Stanfield, Norfolk, England. In 1881 Elizabeth lived with her brother James. vii. MARY ALICE PAYNE MILK, b:3quarter 1860 in Mitford, Norfolk. md:1st quarter, 1888 in Mitford, Norfolk, WILLIAM SMITH viii.GEORGIANA MILK, b.1862-1863, Stanfield, Norfolk, England; m. HENRY BURDEN in March 1886, in Mitford, Norfolk, England?. In 1881, Georgiana was a "Pupil Teacher" ix. ERNEST MILK, b.1868-1869 in Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk.Generation No. 3 5. ROBERT H. MILK (WILLIAM, DAVID), was born 1847-1848 in Norfolk. He married ELIZABETH OTTWAY, in the 1st quarter, 1870 in Bethnal Green, England. She was born 1847-1848 in Norfolk. ROBERT and ELIZABETH emigrated to Canada about 1876 and settled in Ottawa, Province of Ontario. VIEW ROBERT's FAMILY TREE Children of ROBERT and ELIZABETH are: (all born in Ottawa) i. ELIZABETH MILK, 1870-1871. In 1930 she lived at 269 Breeze Hill Ave., Ottawa, Ontario. 10. ii. JAMES MILK, b:1872-1873 iii. MINNIE MILK, b:1874-1875 iv. EMMA MILK, b:1876-1877. In 1930 she lived at 269 Breeze Hill Ave., Ottawa. v. WILLIAM MILK, b:1878-1879; md:c1879 to IDA _____. Ida lived at 372 Gilmour, Ottawa in 1930. vi. LILLIAN MILK, b:after 1880 11. vii. ROBERT H. MILK, b:after 1880 viii.TED MILK, b:after 1880 6. JOHN MILK (ROBERT, DAVID) was born about 1840 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and died 1867 in Michigan, USA. He married CAROLINE SNYDER, about 1863 in Cleveland. Child of JOHN and CAROLINE is: 12. i. ALBERT H. MILK, b:June 12, 1864 in Hinckley, Ohio, USA, d:1950. 7. JAMES MILK (JAMES, DAVID) was born 1846-1847 in Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk. He married FRANCES LEVERIDGE June 1869 in Mitford, Norfolk. She was born 1832-1833 in Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk. (Date ???). Children of JAMES MILK and FRANCES LEVERIDGE are: 13. i. ARTHUR JAMES MILK, b:1869-1870, Hockering, Norfolk. ii. FREDERICK MILK, b:1875-1876, Hockering, Norfolk. iii. KATE MILK, b. Bet. 1877 - 1878, Hockering, Norfolk. iv. JAMES MILK, b. Bet. 1878 - 1879, Hockering, Norfolk. 14. v. EDWARD MILK, b. December 1880, Hockering, Norfolk. 8. GEORGE MILK (JAMES, DAVID) was born 1847-1848 in Hockering, Norfolk. He md:2nd quarter, 1876 in Norwich, ELIZABETH _______, b:1851-1852 in Hockering, Norfolk. In 1881, George was a farmer of 61 acres living on Mattishall Road, Welbourne, Norfolk. Children of GEORGE MILK and ELIZABETH _______ are: i. ROBERT MILK, b:3rd quarter, 1876, Hockering, Norfolk. ii. SYDNEY MILK, b.1878-1879, Welborne, Norfolk, England. SYDNEY was a Coach Painter, living on the Isle of Ely Wisbech in 1901. iii. ALICE MILK, b.March 1881, Welborne, Norfolk, England. ALICE lived in Shipdham, Norfolk in 1901. iv. CHRISTMAS MILK, b:1885-1886 v. FANNY ELSIE MILK, b:2nd quarter, 1893 in Mitford, Norfolk. 9. MATTHEW PAYNE MILK (JAMES, DAVID) was born 1854-1855 in Stanfield, Norfolk, England. He married HESTER E. _______ in December 1877 in Mitford, Norfolk, England. She was born 1851-1852 in E. Dereham, Norfolk, England. In 1881 Matthew was a Seedsman & Florist, living on Elvin Rd, in E. Dereham. Children of MATTHEW MILK and HESTER _______ are: i. EVA M. MILK, b.1878-1879, E. Dereham, Norfolk, England. ii. BESSIE M. MILK, b.1879-1880, E. Dereham, Norfolk, England. iii. JESSIE M. MILK, b.March 1881, E. Dereham, Norfolk, England. iv. FRED MILK, b:1882-1883 v. SIDNEY MILK, b:1883-1884 vi. ERNEST MILK, b:1889-1890Generation No. 4 10. JAMES MILK (ROBERT H., WILLIAM, DAVID) was b:1872-1873 in Ontario, Canada. He married MILDRED _______. She was b: c1872. In 1930 they lived at 250 Bronson, Ottawa, Canada. Child of JAMES MILK and MILDRED _______ is: i. WILLIAM J. MILK, b: Aft.1888, Ontario, Canada. In 1930 he was a salesman, living at 511 Tweedsmur Ave., Ottawa, Canada. 11. ROBERT H. MILK (ROBERT H., WILLIAM, DAVID) was b:Aft. 1880 in Ontario, Canada, and worked as a boilermaker. Children of ROBERT H. MILK are: i. EDWIN MILK, b:Aft. 1897, Ontario, Canada. In 1930 he lived at 269 Breeze Hill Ave, Ottawa, Canada, and worked as a draftsman. ii. HAROLD MILK, b:Aft. 1897, Ontario, Canada. In 1930 he lived at 269 Breeze Hill Ave., Ottawa, Canada, and worked as a photographer. 12. ALBERT H. MILK (JOHN, ROBERT, DAVID) was b:June 12, 1864 in Hinckley, Ohio, and died 1950. He married ANNA HENDRICKS, daughter of WILLIAM HENDRICKS and LOUISE HERRICK. ANNA was born October 05, 1864 in Woodville, Ohio. They lived at 1686 E. 86th St., Cleveland, Ohio, USA Children of ALBERT MILK and ANNA HENDRICKS are: 15. i. SHELTON MILK, b. April 19, 1885. 16. ii. THURSTON MILK, b. January 17, 1890; d. 1930. 17. iii. SYLVESTA MILK, b. January 18, 1892; d. 1932. 13. ARTHUR JAMES MILK (JAMES, JAMES, DAVID) was b:1st quarter, 1870 in Hockering, Norfolk. He married ALICE _______, who was b:1868-1869 in Thorpe St. Andrew, Norfolk. In 1918 they lived at 47 Norwich Rd, East Dereham, Norfolk. Children of ARTHUR MILK and ALICE _______ are: i. REGINALD PAYNE MILK, b: 1893, Yaxham, Norfolk; d: October 04, 1917, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. (see below for "Debt of Honour Register") ii. ARCHIBALD PAYNE MILK, b:4th quarter,1895, Yaxham, Norfolk; d. August 08, 1918, Domart-Sur-La-Luces Somme, France. (see below for "Debt of Honour Register") iii. ARTHUR PAYNE MILK, b:1st quarter, 1898, E. Dereham, Norfolk. 14. EDWARD WILLIAM MILK (JAMES, JAMES, DAVID) was b:4th quarter, 1880 in Hockering, Norfolk and died in 1940 in E. Dereham. He married BERTHA GIRLING in the 4th quarter, 1905 in Mitford, Norfolk. Bertha was born in 1884 and died in 1946 in Norwich, Norfolk. In 1940 EDWARD lived in Hockering, Norfolk. Children of EDWARD MILK and BERTHA GIRLING are: i. MARJORIE IRENE MILK, b:1907 ii. GEORGE EDWARD MILK, b:1915; d: September 12, 1944, Kranji area (near Singapore), Malaya. (it may be that George does not belong with these parents) iii.ARCHIBALD PAYNE MILK, b:1919, Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk. d:December 22, 1940, Maala, Yemen. He is buried in the Maala cemetery in Yemen. EDWARD was a Sgt. with the No. 203 Squadron, Royal Air Force when he died.Generation No. 5 15. SHELTON MILK (ALBERT H., JOHN, ROBERT, DAVID) was b:April 19, 1885. He married BESSIE F. KIMBALL. She was b:4 Sept. 1880, and d:15 May 1966 in Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA. They lived in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. Children of SHELTON MILK and BESSIE KIMBALL are: i. ROBERT J. MILK, b. Aft. 1901. Robert had an Auto Repair Shop at 246 E. 31st St., Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. ii. WILMA MILK, b:Aft. 1901; m. UNKNOWN OTTEN. iii. SHELTON J. MILK, b: March 29, 1910; d. June 22, 1993, Waterford, Erie, PA. 16. THURSTON MILK (ALBERT H., JOHN, ROBERT, DAVID) was b:January 17, 1890, and died 1930. He married IRENE SAKER. Child of THURSTON MILK and IRENE SAKER is: i. ONE DAUGHTER MILK, b. Aft. 1906. 17. SYLVESTA MILK (ALBERT H., JOHN, ROBERT, DAVID) was b:January 18, 1892, and died 1932. She married WILLIAM E. PLOWE. SYLVESTA MILK and WILLIAM PLOWE had six children. ---------------------------------------------- Debt of Honour Register In Memory of ARCHIBALD PAYNE MILK Sergeant 545929 Royal Air Force who died on Sunday 22 December 1940 . Age 21 . Additional Information: Son of Edward William and Bertha Milk, of Hockering, Norfolk, England. Cemetery: MAALA CEMETERY Yemen Grave or Reference Panel Number: H. 31. Location: Maala lies on the Southern side of Aden Harbour, halfway between the Steamer Point and Crater on the main road south of Khromasksar Airport. The Cemetery is located south of the main road to Crater. Within the cemetery, on the central avenue beyond the Cross of Sacrifice, stand the Maala Memorials. The names are inscribed on panels inserted on three sides of a stone pillar which forms part of a memorial seat and which also incorporates the Register box. This Memorial (Maala Memorial No.1) commemorates 65 soldiers who died in or near Yemen during the 1939-1945 War; 33 men of the Indian Forces who were cremated, and 32 who lie buried in graves which could not be located or maintained, of whom 27 soldiers belonged to the United Kingdom Forces and five to the Forces of East and West Africa and of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. A later extension on the western side of the Maala Memorial (Maala Memorial No.2) commemorates ten servicemen of the 1914-1918 War and one airman of the 1939-1945 War who were buried at North Point Christian Cemetery, Kamaran Island and Perim Cemetery, Perim Island. Kamaran and Perim are remote places at the southern end of the Red Sea, and these eleven graves can no longer be maintained. The airman served with No. 203 Squadron, Royal Air Force, which was based at Aden at the outbreak of the 1939-1945 War. Historical Information: Maala lies in the Aden Peninsula on the southern side of Aden Harbour, half-way between Steamer Point and Crater and on the main road south of Khormaksar Airport. The cemetery is located south of the main road to Crater. It was used for the burial of Christian servicemen and civilians in the period of the British administration and contains graves of both world wars. Most of the servicemen of the 1914-1918 War buried here lost their lives in the defence of Aden against the Turks. There are war burials of the 1939-1945 War in Maala Cemetery. Most of those buried in other parts of Yemeni territory, whose graves could not be maintained, were later transferred to this cemetery. Aden was a naval and air base of vital importance during the war. The cemetery is surrounded on four sides by a wall. The entrance, on the northern side, leads to the central avenue, and half-way along stands the Cross of Sacrifice at the intersection of two paths. The war graves, which are scattered in the different denominational plots among those of civilians, are marked by headstones or private memorials and surrounded by kerbs filled with coral chippings. Many of the graves of the 1914-1918 War have also been kerbed in conformity with the general design of the cemetery. Facing the Cross of Sacrifice towards the end of the main avenue stands a memorial, known as the Maala Memorial, commemorating soldiers of the 1939-1945 War who were either cremated or buried elsewhere in Yemeni territory. On its west side is a further memorial commemorating servicemen of the 1914-1918 War and one airman of the 1939-1945 War whose graves at North Point Christian Cemetery, Kamaran Island and Perim Cemetery can no longer be maintained. ---------------------------------------------- Debt of Honour Register In Memory of GEORGE EDWARD MILK Serjeant 2077949 560 Field Coy., Royal Engineers who died on Tuesday 12 September 1944 . Age 29 . Cemetery: SINGAPORE MEMORIALSingapore Grave or Reference Panel Number: Column 39. Location: The Memorial stands in Kranji War Cemetery. Kranji War Cemetery is 22 kilometres north of the city of Singapore, on the north side of Singapore Island overlooking the Straits of Johore. It is just off the Singapore-Johore road (Woodlands road) at milestone 13 1/2 and there is a short approach road from the main road. The Cemetery is known locally as Kranji Memorial, and one must be sure of the address before boarding a taxi as many taxi drivers do not know the Cemetery. There are also bus stops on the main road facing the Cemetery and an MRT terminal is under construction a short distance from the Cemetery. Visiting Information: Kranji War Cemetery is constructed on a hill with the means of access being via three flights of steps, rising over four metres from the road level. Historical Information: Before 1939 the Kranji area was a military camp and at the time of the Japanese invasion of Malaya, it was the site of a large ammunition magazine. On 8 February 1942, the Japanese crossed the Johore Straits in strength, landing at the mouth of the Kranji River within two miles of the place where the war cemetery now stands. On the evening of 9 February, they launched an attack between the river and the causeway. During the next few days fierce fighting ensued, in many cases hand to hand, until their greatly superior numbers and air strength necessitated a withdrawal. After the fall of the island, the Japanese established a prisoner of war camp at Kranji and eventually a hospital was organised nearby at Woodlands. After the reoccupation of Singapore, the small cemetery started by the prisoners at Kranji was developed into a permanent war cemetery by the Army Graves Service when it became evident that a larger cemetery at Changi could not remain undisturbed. Changi had been the site of the main prisoner of war camp in Singapore and a large hospital had been set up there by the Australian Infantry Force. In 1946, the graves were moved from Changi to Kranji, as were those from the Buona Vista prisoner of war camp. Many other graves from all parts of the island were transferred to Kranji together with all Second World War graves from Saigon Military Cemetery in French Indo- China (now Vietnam), another site where permanent maintenance could not be assured. The Commission later brought in graves of both World Wars from Bidadari Christian Cemetery, Singapore, where again permanent maintenance was not possible. There are now 4,458 Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War buried or commemorated at KRANJI WAR CEMETERY. More than 850 of the burials are unidentified. The Chinese Memorial in Plot 44 marks a collective grave for 69 Chinese servicemen, all members of the Commonwealth forces, who were killed by the Japanese during the occupation in February 1942. First World War burials and commemorations number 64, including special memorials to three casualties known to have been buried in civil cemeteries in Saigon and Singapore, but whose graves could not be located. Within Kranji War Cemetery stands the SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, bearing the names of over 24,000 casualties of the Commonwealth land and air forces who have no known grave. Many of these have no known date of death and are accorded within our records the date or period from when they were known to be missing or captured. The land forces commemorated by the memorial died during the campaigns in Malaya and Indonesia or in subsequent captivity, many of them during the construction of the Burma-Thailand railway, or at sea while being transported into imprisonment elsewhere. The memorial also commemorates airmen who died during operations over the whole of southern and eastern Asia and the surrounding seas and oceans. The SINGAPORE (UNMAINTAINABLE GRAVES) MEMORIAL, which stands at the western end of the Singapore Memorial, commemorates more than 250 casualties who died in campaigns in Singapore and Malaya, whose known graves in civil cemeteries could not be assured maintenance and on religious grounds could not be moved to a war cemetery. The SINGAPORE CREMATION MEMORIAL, which stands immediately behind the Singapore Memorial, commemorates almost 800 casualties, mostly of the Indian forces, whose remains were cremated in accordance with their religious beliefs. The SINGAPORE CIVIL HOSPITAL GRAVE MEMORIAL stands at the eastern end of the Singapore Memorial. During the last hours of the Battle of Singapore, wounded civilians and servicemen taken prisoner by the Japanese were brought to the hospital in their hundreds. The number of fatalities was such that burial in the normal manner was impossible. Before the war, an emergency water tank had been dug in the grounds of the hospital and this was used as a grave for more than 400 civilians and Commonwealth servicemen. After the war, it was decided that as individual identification of the dead would be impossible, the grave should be left undisturbed. The grave was suitably enclosed, consecrated by the Bishop of Singapore, and a cross in memory of all of those buried there was erected over it by the military authorities. The 107 Commonwealth casualties buried in the grave are commemorated on the Singapore Civil Hospital Grave Memorial. Kranji War Cemetery and the Singapore Memorial were designed by Colin St Clair Oakes. Adjoining Kranji War Cemetery is KRANJI MILITARY CEMETERY, a substantial non-world war site of 1,378 burials, created in 1975 when it was found necessary to remove the graves of servicemen and their families from Pasir Panjang and Ulu Pandan cemeteries. ------------------------------------------ Remembered with honour SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Debt of Honour Register In Memory of ARCHIE PAYNE MILK MM Lieutenant, 52nd Bn., Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regt.) who died on Thursday 8 August 1918 . Age 22 . Additional Information: Son of Arthur James and Alice Milk, of 47, Norwich Rd., East Dereham, Norfolk, England. Cemetery: HOURGES ORCHARD CEMETERY, DOMART-SUR-LA-LUCESomme, France Grave or Reference Panel Number: A. 68. Location: Domart-sur-la-Luce is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme in the valley of the Luce on the road from Amiens to Roye. Hourges is a hamlet on the same road a little south-east of the village and Hourges Orchard Cemetery is on the south-west side of the road. Historical Information: The neighbourhood was the scene of fighting on the 1st April, 1918, when the 2nd Cavalry Division (including the Canadian Cavalry Brigade) took "Rifle Wood", and again on the 8th August, 1918, when the 43rd Canadian Battalion retook the same wood and the Canadian Corps swept forward 9.6 kilometres. The cemetery was made in August, 1918, and a small number of graves of April, 1918, were brought in after the Armistice. There are now nearly 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a Canadian soldier known to be buried in one of them. The cemetery covers an area of 432 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall. ----------------------------------------- Debt of Honour Register In Memory of REGINALD PAYNE MILK Private, #15082, 12th/13th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers who died on Thursday 4 October 1917 . Age 24 . Additional Information: Son of Arthur James and Alice Milk, of 47, Norwich Rd., East Dereham, Cemetery: TYNE COT MEMORIALZonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave or Reference Panel Number: Panel 19 to 23 and 162 Location: The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The names of those from United Kingdom units are inscribed on Panels arranged by Regiment under their respective Ranks. The names of those from New Zealand units are inscribed on panels within the New Zealand Memorial Apse located at the center of the Memorial. Visiting Information: There are two separate registers for this site - one for the cemetery and one for the memorial. The memorial register will be found in the left hand rotunda of the memorial as you face the memorial. The Panel Numbers quoted at the end of each entry relate to the panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty is recorded as attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panels. Please refer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine the alternative panel numbers if you do not find the name within the quoted Panels. Historical Information: The Tyne Cot Memorial is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. Broadly speaking, the Salient stretched from Langemarck in the north to the northern edge in Ploegsteert Wood in the south, but it varied in area and shape throughout the war. The Salient was formed during the First Battle of Ypres in October and November 1914, when a small British Expeditionary Force succeeded in securing the town before the onset of winter, pushing the German forces back to the Passchendaele Ridge. The Second Battle of Ypres began in April 1915 when the Germans released poison gas into the Allied lines north of Ypres. This was the first time gas had been used by either side and the violence of the attack forced an Allied withdrawal and a shortening of the line of defence. There was little more significant activity on this front until 1917, when in the Third Battle of Ypres an offensive was mounted by Commonwealth forces to divert German attention from a weakened French front further south. The initial attempt in June to dislodge the Germans from the Messines Ridge was a complete success, but the main assault north-eastward, which began at the end of July, quickly became a dogged struggle against determined opposition and the rapidly deteriorating weather. The campaign finally came to a close in November with the capture of Passchendaele. The German offensive of March 1918 met with some initial success, but was eventually checked and repulsed in a combined effort by the Allies in September. The battles of the Ypres Salient claimed many lives on both sides and it quickly became clear that the commemoration of members of the Commonwealth forces with no known grave would have to be divided between several different sites. The site of the Menin Gate was chosen because of the hundreds of thousands of men who passed through it on their way to the battlefields. It commemorates those of all Commonwealth nations except New Zealand who died in the Salient before 16 August 1917. Those United Kingdom and New Zealand servicemen who died after that date are named on the memorial at Tyne Cot, a site which marks the furthest point reached by Commonwealth forces in Belgium until nearly the end of the war. Other New Zealand casualties are commemorated on memorials at Buttes New British Cemetery and Messines Ridge British Cemetery. The TYNE COT MEMORIAL now bears the names of almost 35,000 officers and men whose graves are not known. The memorial, designed by Sir Herbert Baker with sculpture by Joseph Armitage and F V Blundstone, was unveiled by Sir Gilbert Dyett in July 1927. The memorial forms the north-eastern boundary of TYNE COT CEMETERY, which was established around a captured German blockhouse or pill-box used as an advanced dressing station. The original battlefield cemetery of 343 graves was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when remains were brought in from the battlefields of Passchendaele and Langemarck, and from a few small burial grounds. It is now the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world in terms of burials. At the suggestion of King George V, who visited the cemetery in 1922, the Cross of Sacrifice was placed on the original large pill-box. There are three other pill-boxes in the cemetery. There are now 11,952 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in Tyne Cot Cemetery. 8,365 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to more than 80 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate 20 casualties whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker
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