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Completed in 1932 as a national memorial to those who died in the First World War, the National War Memorial Carillon has since become a memorial to all New Zealanders who have lost their lives in military conflict. The Carillon – a musical instrument made up of large bells – stands 50 metres tall and is located in Mount Cook, Wellington, at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park.
The original 49 bells of the Carillon were given to commemorate the First World War. Each bears a name or inscription in memory of those to whom they were dedicated. Twenty-five bells have been added to the Carillon since the first bells were cast, bringing the total number to 74. Of these, only the four large bells added in 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War also bear inscriptions. Read more about the Carillon.
The bells
No. | Title | Note | Height | Diameter | Weight |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 | Abraham Heights bell | D# | 578mm | 711mm | 232.00kg |
12 | Anneux bell | A | 222mm | 267mm | 14.00kg |
47 | Anzac bell | A# | 1499mm | 1803mm | 3177.00kg |
3 | Armentieres bell | F# | 178mm | 152mm | 5.00kg |
23 | Baghdad bell | A# | 387mm | 483mm | 74.00kg |
7 | Bapaume bell | D | 171mm | 203mm | 5.50kg |
13 | Beaumont Hamel bell | G# | 241mm | 279mm | 16.00kg |
17 | Bell no. 17 (Lewis bell) | E | 298mm | 368mm | 38.00kg |
36 | Bell no. 36 (Medical Services) | A | 762mm | 953mm | 516.00kg |
40 | Bell no. 40 (Hutt Valley) | F | 965mm | 1194mm | 1078.00kg |
43 | Bell no. 43 (Merchant Marine) | D | 1168mm | 1422mm | 1708.00kg |
11 | Bellevue bell | A# | 210mm | 254mm | 11.00kg |
19 | Cambrai bell | D | 330mm | 406mm | 46.00kg |
18 | Chunuk Bair bell | D# | 317mm | 387mm | 44.00kg |
25 | Codford bell | G# | 438mm | 533mm | 103.00kg |
10 | Couin bell | B | 197mm | 241mm | 10.00kg |
1 | Delville Wood bell | G# | 140mm | 175mm | 4.00kg |
41 | Flanders Fields bell | E | 1041mm | 1270mm | 1269.00kg |
6 | Flers bell | D# | 165mm | 190mm | 5.00kg |
21 | Fricourt bell | C | 356mm | 432mm | 55.00kg |
2 | Gaizencourt bell | G | 146mm | 174mm | 4.50kg |
39 | Gallipoli 1915 bell | F# | 914mm | 1130mm | 865.00kg |
50 | Grace (Aroha) bell | G | 2145mm | 6458.00kg | |
9 | Havrincourt bell | C | 184mm | 229mm | 9.00kg |
16 | Hebuterne bell | F | 286mm | 343mm | 30.00kg |
14 | High Wood bell | G | 260mm | 305mm | 21.00kg |
5 | Hill 60 bell | E | 159mm | 184mm | 5.00kg |
51 | Hope (Tūmanako) bell | F# | 2273mm | 7904.00kg | |
44 | Jutland bell | C# | 1245mm | 1524mm | 2040.00kg |
20 | Krithia bell | C# | 340mm | 420mm | 53.50kg |
28 | La Bassee bell | F | 521mm | 641mm | 182.00kg |
27 | La Vacquerie bell | F# | 502mm | 610mm | 147.00kg |
34 | Le Quesnoy bell | B | 686mm | 850mm | 366.00kg |
8 | Longueval bell | C# | 179mm | 216mm | 7.00kg |
26 | Mahara bell | G | 464mm | 559mm | 129.00kg |
4 | Mametz bell | F | 152mm | 190mm | 5.00kg |
42 | Messines bell | D# | 1092mm | 1346mm | 1459.00kg |
46 | Palestine bell | B | 1397mm | 1702mm | 3005.50kg |
45 | Passchendaele bell | C | 1321mm | 1600mm | 2448.00kg |
53 | Peace (Rangimārie) bell | D | 2720mm | 12475.00kg | |
52 | Remembrance (Whakamaharatanga) bell | F | 2403mm | 9278.00kg | |
49 | Reo Wairua bell | G# | 1651mm | 2032mm | 5048.00kg |
15 | Rongomai bell | F# | 279mm | 330mm | 27.00kg |
38 | Sari Bair bell | G | 864mm | 1067mm | 732.00kg |
22 | Suvla Bay bell | B | 375mm | 457mm | 66.00kg |
31 | The New Zealand Permanent Forces bell | D | 597mm | 737mm | 252.50kg |
35 | The Nurses’ bell | A# | 711mm | 889mm | 417.00kg |
48 | The Somme bell | A | 1549mm | 1905mm | 4143.50kg |
33 | Ubique bell | C | 635mm | 794mm | 302.00kg |
32 | Vailima bell | C# | 629mm | 762mm | 266.50kg |
37 | Walker’s Ridge bell | G# | 813mm | 1016mm | 602.50kg |
29 | Wellington’s South African War Veterans’ bell | E | 565mm | 686mm | 219.00kg |
24 | Ypres bell | A | 413mm | 508mm | 87.00kg |