BAILLEUL WAR MEMORIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19158, 26 October 1925, Page 10

BAILLEUL WAR MEMORIAL.

FRENCH AND BRITISH MEET.

TOWN OF MANY MEMORIES

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON. Sept. 8.

Bailieul, a little town well remembered by every New Zealand soldier who served in Flanders, has been the scene this week-end of an interesting ceremony when British and French met again to their sufferings during the "war. The occasion was the unveiling of the monument which has been erected to the inhabitants of Bailieul, soldiers and civilians, who were killed either in action or during bombardments of the town. Bailieul has been adopted by the city of Bradford, and the Lord Mayor of Brad- | ford, Mr. J. H. Palm, who is the Labour M.P. for Neweast,!e-on-Tyne (West), and a delegation of city councillors had accordingly been invited to be present at the ceremonies. The monument was unveiled in the presence of a large number of the inhabitants and delegations of many societies, such as the League of Former Prisoners of War, the Society of the Orphans of the War, etc. The monument stands on the site of the Church of St. Amand, which was destroyed during the war, ynd is a copy of the ruined belfrv and tower of the Church of St. Yaast as they stood after the bombardment. On a plaque on the face of (he monument is inscribed the army order which recalls that Bailieul was" twice occupied by the Germans and was ' totally destroyed by violent bombardment. The ceremony was every impressive. After a bugle had sounded the "Gard* a [ vous," a signal was given and bonfires were lit on the hills which surround the town. The Mayor then called the roll of the dead arid after each name the Orphans of the War responded "Mort pour la Patrie." There had been a religious ceremony at the monument in the morning, attended by the British delegation, which had previously visited the French and British cemeteries • in' company with the Mayor of Bailieul and the members of the. Municipal Council.