NZ Dressing StationMailly-Maillet, Somme
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Mailly-Maillet, Somme, France

A house on the Somme.
A dressing station in 1918.

In April 1918, New Zealand medical men stood at the door of this house and treated the wounded. The house still stands. It still carries traces of both world wars.

Black and white photograph from 1 April 1918 of a two-storey French house with three dormer windows. A Red Cross sign hangs on sandbags beside the open front door, soldiers stand in the doorway and an ambulance is parked at the left.
1 April 1918. New Zealand medical men outside the dressing station. Photograph H492 by Henry Armytage Sanders, 1 April 1918. From the Leo Bestall diary and album, MTG Hawke’s Bay (public domain per the museum record).
Colour photograph of the same house today: pale stone front, three dormers, a central wooden front door with clipped conifers either side, and a lawn in front.
Today. The same house, a protected building in private ownership.

The story so far

This site is a work in progress. The house has a lot to tell, so we add it gradually and say how we know each thing.

Documented backed by an archive source   Owner research established by the owner, sources to follow