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Completed in 1932 as a national memorial to those who died in the First World War, the National War Memorial Carillon has since become a memorial to all New Zealanders who have lost their lives in military conflict. The Carillon – a musical instrument made up of large bells – stands 50 metres tall and is located in Mount Cook, Wellington, at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park.
The original 49 bells of the Carillon were given to commemorate the First World War. Each bears a name or inscription in memory of those to whom they were dedicated. Twenty-five bells have been added to the Carillon since the first bells were cast, bringing the total number to 74. Of these, only the four large bells added in 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War also bear inscriptions. Read more about the Carillon.
The bells
No.
|
Title | Note | Height | Diameter | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delville Wood bell | G# | 140mm | 175mm | 4.00kg |
| 2 | Gaizencourt bell | G | 146mm | 174mm | 4.50kg |
| 3 | Armentieres bell | F# | 178mm | 152mm | 5.00kg |
| 4 | Mametz bell | F | 152mm | 190mm | 5.00kg |
| 5 | Hill 60 bell | E | 159mm | 184mm | 5.00kg |
| 6 | Flers bell | D# | 165mm | 190mm | 5.00kg |
| 7 | Bapaume bell | D | 171mm | 203mm | 5.50kg |
| 8 | Longueval bell | C# | 179mm | 216mm | 7.00kg |
| 9 | Havrincourt bell | C | 184mm | 229mm | 9.00kg |
| 10 | Couin bell | B | 197mm | 241mm | 10.00kg |
| 11 | Bellevue bell | A# | 210mm | 254mm | 11.00kg |
| 12 | Anneux bell | A | 222mm | 267mm | 14.00kg |
| 13 | Beaumont Hamel bell | G# | 241mm | 279mm | 16.00kg |
| 14 | High Wood bell | G | 260mm | 305mm | 21.00kg |
| 15 | Rongomai bell | F# | 279mm | 330mm | 27.00kg |
| 16 | Hebuterne bell | F | 286mm | 343mm | 30.00kg |
| 17 | Bell no. 17 (Lewis bell) | E | 298mm | 368mm | 38.00kg |
| 18 | Chunuk Bair bell | D# | 317mm | 387mm | 44.00kg |
| 19 | Cambrai bell | D | 330mm | 406mm | 46.00kg |
| 20 | Krithia bell | C# | 340mm | 420mm | 53.50kg |
| 21 | Fricourt bell | C | 356mm | 432mm | 55.00kg |
| 22 | Suvla Bay bell | B | 375mm | 457mm | 66.00kg |
| 23 | Baghdad bell | A# | 387mm | 483mm | 74.00kg |
| 24 | Ypres bell | A | 413mm | 508mm | 87.00kg |
| 25 | Codford bell | G# | 438mm | 533mm | 103.00kg |
| 26 | Mahara bell | G | 464mm | 559mm | 129.00kg |
| 27 | La Vacquerie bell | F# | 502mm | 610mm | 147.00kg |
| 28 | La Bassee bell | F | 521mm | 641mm | 182.00kg |
| 29 | Wellington’s South African War Veterans’ bell | E | 565mm | 686mm | 219.00kg |
| 30 | Abraham Heights bell | D# | 578mm | 711mm | 232.00kg |
| 31 | The New Zealand Permanent Forces bell | D | 597mm | 737mm | 252.50kg |
| 32 | Vailima bell | C# | 629mm | 762mm | 266.50kg |
| 33 | Ubique bell | C | 635mm | 794mm | 302.00kg |
| 34 | Le Quesnoy bell | B | 686mm | 850mm | 366.00kg |
| 35 | The Nurses’ bell | A# | 711mm | 889mm | 417.00kg |
| 36 | Bell no. 36 (Medical Services) | A | 762mm | 953mm | 516.00kg |
| 37 | Walker’s Ridge bell | G# | 813mm | 1016mm | 602.50kg |
| 38 | Sari Bair bell | G | 864mm | 1067mm | 732.00kg |
| 39 | Gallipoli 1915 bell | F# | 914mm | 1130mm | 865.00kg |
| 40 | Bell no. 40 (Hutt Valley) | F | 965mm | 1194mm | 1078.00kg |
| 41 | Flanders Fields bell | E | 1041mm | 1270mm | 1269.00kg |
| 42 | Messines bell | D# | 1092mm | 1346mm | 1459.00kg |
| 43 | Bell no. 43 (Merchant Marine) | D | 1168mm | 1422mm | 1708.00kg |
| 44 | Jutland bell | C# | 1245mm | 1524mm | 2040.00kg |
| 45 | Passchendaele bell | C | 1321mm | 1600mm | 2448.00kg |
| 46 | Palestine bell | B | 1397mm | 1702mm | 3005.50kg |
| 47 | Anzac bell | A# | 1499mm | 1803mm | 3177.00kg |
| 48 | The Somme bell | A | 1549mm | 1905mm | 4143.50kg |
| 49 | Reo Wairua bell | G# | 1651mm | 2032mm | 5048.00kg |
| 50 | Grace (Aroha) bell | G | 2145mm | 6458.00kg | |
| 51 | Hope (Tūmanako) bell | F# | 2273mm | 7904.00kg | |
| 52 | Remembrance (Whakamaharatanga) bell | F | 2403mm | 9278.00kg | |
| 53 | Peace (Rangimārie) bell | D | 2720mm | 12475.00kg |