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Ever since 1917 Passchendaele has been a byword for the horror of the First World War. The assault on this tiny Belgian village cost the lives of thousands of New Zealand soldiers. But its impact reached far beyond the battlefield, leaving deep scars on many New Zealand communities and families.

Key information and statistics about the Kingdom of Belgium during the First World War

Thousands of women across New Zealand supported the war effort in more than 900 patriotic and fund-raising organisations, which raised nearly £5 million for Belgian and French relief funds.

Map of Kingdom of Belgium at the outbreak of the First World War

British recruitment poster focusing on alleged atrocities committed by the German Army in Belgium during 1914.

Belgian soldiers with dog drawn machine gun carts move up to oppose the advancing German Army at the start of the First World War.

French 'Adrian' Pattern steel helmet used by the Belgian Army during the First World War.

New Zealand women had always knitted, but this reached new heights during the war when hand-made knitted socks, balaclavas, scarves and gloves were in parcels sent to the troops.

Women across the country made a huge contribution to New Zealand's war effort through women's patriotic organisations.

Tyne Cot Cemetery contains the graves of more New Zealanders than any other cemetery outside New Zealand.