Looking for Home? New Zealand Soldiers Visiting London during the First World War

What is it about?

This article is about New Zealand soldiers who came to London as tourists during periods of leave in the First World War. Using their letters and diaries, as well as photographs, newspapers and guidebooks, this article examines what they wrote about their time in London. This includes the experience of Maori soldiers.

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Why is it important?

The article is part of the growing interest in the colonial experience of the First World War. It also helps understand London as an imperial metropolis and its relation to the colonies. Where previous work has seen London as an extension of home for New Zealanders, including during the war, this article argues that this relationship was more ambiguous and less certain.