Kiwi's Remembered In London

This afternoon in London’s Hyde Park a service and unveiling was undertaken to mark the special relationship between New Zealand and the UK.

Even though as a land mass New Zealand is slightly larger than the UK, it’s population at the time of WW1 was just over 1m, it suffered in excess of 18,000 dead, in WW2 she was to loose 12,000 of her young men.

The memorial has been called the South Stand and features 16 cross-shaped bronze pillars to siginify the shared sacrifice of Britain and New Zealand during wartime. 250,000 Kiwis have served along side the UK cousins in the various conflicts of the 20th Century.

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