This memorial records the names of the one officer and five seamen of the Royal Navy ships HMS Curacoa and HMS Harrier who died in the battle at Rangiriri
More British were killed at 'Bloody Rangiriri' than in any other battle of the New Zealand Wars. But the British victory opened the Waikato basin to the Imperial forces.
Rangiriri Historic Cemetery contains the graves of imperial soldiers; most of them are unnamed, but they are commemorated by central monuments. It also has an unmarked communal grave of Maori who were slain.
