It was on the Somme that the majority of New Zealanders were killed or wounded during the First World War.

The Choyce family can be traced back to William Choyce.

Cora Beattie Anderson of Remuera had a distinguished war record as a nurse during World War One after she had survived a major shipwreck. 

Between May and December 1915 a number of Remuera men fought and perished at Gallipoli.

The Remuera Returned Soldiers Social Club was founded in 1932 by Sir George Richardson.

David Simmons, Remuera resident and a distinguished New Zealand scholar and author. 

Arthur Gordon Ballantine was born in 1892 in Auckland.

Private James John Parker was born on 27 June 1894 in Brooklyn, New York City.

Herbert Richardson was the son of George James and Margaret Edith Richardson

Vincent John Baird Hall was a teacher at New Plymouth Boys High School.

Frederick Airey was born in Auckland on 9 May 1892, the son of Margaret Avon Airey and Walter Henry Airey.

George Richardson was born in Northampton, UK in 1868.

Strachan (as he was known) was born in Christchurch on 22 February 1895 to Bessie Caroline Emily and George Harris.

Bessie Maxfield was born 12 November 1886.

The seven Birnie boys were born across 15 years to John and Agnes Birnie of 11 O’Rorke Ave, Remuera.

Catherine Amelia Williams was born on 28 August 1885 in Auckland.

Jessie Rachel Law lived many years in Remuera but was born in Wellington on 15 May 1891.

Lewin Barnett’s military record says he was born in Auckland but his birth is not officially recorded anywhere in New Zealand.

Come to College Rifles in Haast St, Remuera for a visit to their newly expanded museum commemorating their members who went to the two world wars.

Thomas Culling holds two distinguished titles in New Zealand aviation history.

Graham Reid was well known in Remuera.

Hewitt and Frederick Barnard Brown were the sons of William Frederick Barnard Brown and Ellen Maisie Brown.

Reginald Hill was born in Chelsea, London, England, the son of John and Matilda Hill of ‘Mooi Plaats’, 1 Rothesay Street, Remuera, Auckland.

Hilda Steele, a nurse in World War One, was included as the only Kiwi nurse in an Australian television programme, ANZAC Girls, in 2014.