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Capture of the walls of Le Quesnoy, 1920
Capture of the walls of Le Quesnoy by George Edmund Butler, painted in 1920.
Henry Nicholas memorial, Christchurch
A bronze statue of Henry Nicholas was unveiled in the Christchurch Park of Remembrance in March 2007.
Funeral of Henry Nicholas
Following his death, Henry Nicholas was buried in the French cemetery at Beaudignies. However, as the battalion wished to show greater respect, his body was exhumed and reinterred, with full military honours, in the Vertigneul churchyard in northern France.
Henry Nicholas VC
Henry Nicholas earned a Victoria Cross when he single-handedly rushed the enemy, shot the officer and charged the remaining Germans with his bayonet.
Sound: a veteran remembers Le Quesnoy
Along with other surviving veterans of the Western Front, Curly Blyth was made a chevalier de la Légion d'honneur by France in 1998, and a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit three years later 'for services to war veterans and the community'.
Le Quesnoy convoy, 1918
New Zealand military transport moves along a road near Le Quesnoy, 30 October 1918
New Zealand gunners near Le Quesnoy, 1918
New Zealand gunners fire 4.5-inch howitzers in an orchard near Le Quesnoy, 29 October 1918
Le Quesnoy map, 1921
This map of Le Quesnoy shows the front line immediately before the attack that liberated the town and the objective lines for the attack. H. Stewart, The New Zealand Division 1916–1919, Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, 1921
Le Quesnoy post-attack, 1918
New Zealand soldiers stand at the positions from where they began their successful attack on Le Quesnoy
Opening of Leslie Averill school, Le Quesnoy
Leslie Averill attends the opening of the school named in his honour at Le Quesnoy, 1977. G.N. Parkinson
Leslie Averill ceremony in Le Quesnoy
Leslie Averill (far left) attends the ceremony, in 1977, to mark the naming of a new school and street after him. Gordon Parkinson of the New Zealand Embassy in Paris is fourth from the left.
Le Quesnoy Memorial, 1923
During the dedication of the New Zealand Memorial at Le Quesnoy in 1923
All Blacks visit to Le Quesnoy, 2000
Members of the New Zealand A rugby team at the New Zealand memorial in Le Quesnoy, 5 November 2000 Ian McGibbon
Officers entering Le Quesnoy, 1918
Officers of the New Zealand Division entering Le Quesnoy in the early morning of 5 November 1918
New Zealand troops on parade in Le Quesnoy
New Zealand troops, on parade in Le Quesnoy's square, November 1918
Le Quesnoy memorial window, Cambridge
A detail of the war memorial window in St Andrew's Church, Cambridge, New Zealand. The image shows New Zealand soldiers scaling the walls at Le Quesnoy. The caption reads 'Le Quesnoy 4 Nov 1918'.
Map of the Le Quesnoy area today
Map of Le Quesnoy area Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Veteran returns to Le Quesnoy, 1975
During a return visit to Le Quesnoy in 1975, Leslie Averill points to the spot on the town's inner rampart where he climbed the ladder on 4 November 1918. G.N. Parkinson
Wreath laying at Le Quesnoy
Wreaths lie at the base of the New Zealand memorial at Le Quesnoy, Anzac Day, 1975. The inscription reads 'From the Uttermost Ends of the Earth. De L'Autre Extremité Du Monde'. G.N. Parkinson
Le Quesnoy memorial dedication
The dedication of the New Zealand memorial at Le Quesnoy, 15 July 1923

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