item details
NameMemorial banner
ProductionVarious; maker/artist; circa 1919; England
Classificationbanners
Materialscloth, cotton, silk, metal, wood, cord
Techniquesembroidering
DimensionsOverall: 890mm (width), 980mm (height), 58mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH017123
Credit lineGift of the New Zealand Army Department, 1961
Overview
This memorial banner honours 19 New Zealand soldiers who died during the First World War and were buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Walton-on-Thames.
During the war, troops from New Zealand were hospitalised in Walton-on-Thames, a town in South East England. Those who died are remembered by a memorial in the cemetery, and in St Mary's Church where an annual service of remembrance was held on Anzac Day when the banner was carried.
The banner was made or 'worked' by the patients of Walton-on-Thames. One soldier's name included incorrectly, 'Cox, W.' serial number 6/1848 refers to a William Fox.