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- The British Home Front and the First World War
- The British Home Front and the First World War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables and Charts
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 The United Kingdom in 1914
- Part I Government
- Part II Resources
- Part III People
- 13 Labour, the Labour Party and the Trade Unions
- 14 Nations in Arms Enlistment and Conscription
- 15 Charitable Work
- 16 Refugees
- 17 Prisoners of War and Internees
- Part IV Production
- Part V Social Impacts
- Conclusion
- Index
16 - Refugees
from Part III - People
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2023
- The British Home Front and the First World War
- The British Home Front and the First World War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables and Charts
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 The United Kingdom in 1914
- Part I Government
- Part II Resources
- Part III People
- 13 Labour, the Labour Party and the Trade Unions
- 14 Nations in Arms Enlistment and Conscription
- 15 Charitable Work
- 16 Refugees
- 17 Prisoners of War and Internees
- Part IV Production
- Part V Social Impacts
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
In October 1914, a small but revealing ceremony took place at Tikitiki, in the district of Waipu in New Zealand. There, almost 12,000 miles away from the battlefields of Europe where war had been raging for weeks, Maori gathered around a flagstaff whose erection had been funded by subscription for one singular purpose: hoisting the Belgian flag under the New Zealand ensign as a tribute to the Belgian nation, which had bravely arisen against the German invasion.
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- The British Home Front and the First World War , pp. 314 - 332Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023