File:Ramleh War Graves Cemetery Unveiling - May 6 1927 (17139678919).jpg
On May 6 1927 the unveiling ceremony at Ramleh War Graves Cemetery took place. Ramleh is based in modern day Israel. On the morning of 6 May 1927 the ground was consecrated before the unveiling ceremony by the Reverend Rennis MacInnes D.D., Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem in front of the Great War Stone with F.M. [Field Marshal] Herbert Plumer, [1st Viscount Plumer] and onlookers. Further information on the cemetery can be found at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site - www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/72001/RAMLEH%20WAR%... The majority of the graves at the site are of British soldiers, but there are 94 New Zealand graves from WW1 and WW2.
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Ramleh War Graves Cemetery Unveiling - May 6 1927
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This image is from a collection of War Graves photographs that were transferred to Archives New Zealand by the Department of Internal Affairs.
Reference: ACGO 8398 IA76 12/ 88 archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=24507963
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