New Zealand Memorial -- Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, UK
N 51° 28.998 W 000° 00.548
30U E 707659 N 5707814
The memorial to the men of the Royal Navy who died in the New Zealand Wars of 1863-1864 has its own Wikipedia article
Waymark Code: WMT3M6
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/19/2016
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There were multiple sequential land wars in New Zealand, all fought over British Crown and Colonists appropriating Maori tribal lands. Despite the the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, which should have protected Maori tribal lands and fishing areas, colonist pressure on the Colonial Government gradually eroded the Government's respect for the treaty, and colonists settled on lands that should have been Maori possessions.
This of course led to multiple conflicts over a period of 30 years, known collectively as the New Zealand Wars.
The memorial obelisk near the Thames and the Old Royal Naval College commemorates the men of the Royal Navy who died in conflicts in New Zealand in the years 1863-1864. These men served on several ships, and were killed in different engagements.
The ships are:
HMS MIRANDA
HMS ESK
HMS HARRIER
HMS CURACOA and
HMS ECLIPSE
From Wikipedia: (
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"New Zealand Memorial
The New Zealand Memorial is an obelisk in Greenwich which commemorates 21 British officers and men of the Royal Navy who died the New Zealand War of 1863–64. The memorial is located near the River Thames, east of the Cutty Sark, close to the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
The obelisk is made from pink-grey Cornish granite. It stands on a square plinth, which rests on three wide steps. The plinth is decorated with mouldings resembling chains and ropes, and bears inscriptions on each side. It was constructed c. 1872 and became Grade 2 listed in June 1973
The 21 dead commemorated by the memorial include Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton (who commanded HMS Esk and after whom the city of Hamilton is named), Commander Edward Hay (who commanded HMS Harrier), and other officers and men from Esk, Harrier, and HMS Curacoa, HMS Eclipse, and HMS Miranda
The memorial was designed by Frederick Sang, who was commissioned by a memorial fund headed by Rear Admiral Sir William Wiseman, 8th Baronet, former commodore of the Australia Station. The obelisk was made by Charles Raymond Smith."