Memorial for WWI train accident (UK)

A World War I train accident in which 10 soldiers from New Zealand were killed is to be remembered in a service in a Devon village.

The men died on 24 September 1917 when they mistakenly got off their train at Bere Ferrers thinking they had arrived at their destination of Exeter.

In fact the train had only stopped for signals and the men were hit by an express train on the other track.

The service is the result of a request by the New Zealand Army Museum.

It contacted the Royal British Legion hoping to find out about New Zealand servicemen who are buried in Devon and Cornwall.