
A German trench destroyed in the explosion on Messines Ridge, 7 June 1917. Several dead German soldiers are in the foreground. Image courtesy National Library of Scotland.
- Allied forces launch the Battle of Messines at 3.10 am with the detonation of 19 underground mines below German trenches on Hill 60, south of Ypres in Belgium. Seven men from the Orange district are killed in action.
- William Clement is killed in action in the Battle of Messines
- George Edgar Lockie is killed in action in the Battle of Messines
- Luke Hughes is killed in action in the Battle of Messines
- Bertie Stibbard is killed in action in the Battle of Messines
- Albert James Rich is killed in action in the Battle of Messines
- John Joseph Cullen is killed in action in the Battle of Messines
- Frederick Peppernell is killed in action in the Battle of Messines