Fallen
Honouring our Fallen Heroes
Remembering
Passchendaele 26 October - 10 November, 1917
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Remembering Passchendaele - 100 years ago - 26 October - 10 November, 1917
Early in October 1917, the Canadians were sent to Belgium to relieve the battered ANZAC forces and take part in the final push to capture Passchendaele. Canadian Corps commander Lieutenant-General Arthur Currie inspected the terrain and was shocked at the conditions he saw. He tried to avoid having his men fight there but was overruled by his superiors. As at Vimy, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps would see action. However, the ubiquitous mud, flat terrain, and relative lack of preparation time and artillery support would make Passchendaele a far different battlefield than the one the Canadians had encountered at Vimy Ridge.
Currie took as much time as he could to carefully prepare and on October 26, the Canadian offensive began. Advancing through the mud and enemy fire was slow and there were heavy losses but our soldiers clawed their way forward. On an exposed battlefield like that one, success was often only made possible due to acts of great individual heroism to get past spots of particularly stiff enemy resistance. Despite the adversity, the Canadians reached the outskirts of Passchendaele by the end of a second attack on October 30 during a driving rainstorm.
On November 6, the Canadians and British launched the assault to capture the ruined village of Passchendaele itself. In heavy fighting, the attack went according to plan. The task of actually capturing the “infamous” village fell to the 27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion and they took it that day. After weathering fierce enemy counterattacks, the last phase of the battle saw the Canadians attack on November 10 and clear the Germans from the eastern edge of Passchendaele Ridge before the campaign finally ground to a halt. Canadian soldiers had succeeded in the face of almost unbelievable challenges.
Courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada
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3902 Canadians soldiers fell at Passchendaele.
Private MCINNIS, CHARLES, C 10 November 1917 Private MCINNIS, DANIEL, D 30 October 1917 Private MCINTOSH, PETER KENNETH, P K 31 October 1917 Private MCINTOSH, WILLIAM, W 30 October 1917 Lieutenant MCINTYRE, DOUGLAS NEIL, D N 8 November 1917 Private MCINTYRE, JOHN ANGUS, J A 6 November 1917 Lieutenant MCINTYRE, ROBERT, R 3 November 1917 Private MCINTYRE, RUSSEL COURTNEY, R C 30 October 1917 Private MCINTYRE, STUART SCOTT, S S 26 October 1917 Private MCIVER, ANGUS, A 30 October 1917 Private MCKAY, GORDON, G 9 November 1917 Sergeant MCKAY, INNIS, I 10 November 1917 Private MCKEIGAN, JOHN, J 8 November 1917 Sergeant MCKELLAR, WILLIAM DAVID, W D 26 October 1917 Lance Corporal MCKELVIE, JOHN, J 9 November 1917 Private MCKELVIE, SAMUEL THOMAS, S T 30 October 1917 Private MCKEN, ROBERT, R 10 November 1917 Driver MCKENNA, JOHN JOSEPH, J J 7 November 1917 Private MCKENZIE, ALEXANDER, A 26 October 1917 Private MCKENZIE, ALEXANDER JAMES, A J R 26 October 1917 Private MCKENZIE, FRED MILTON, F M 30 October 1917 Private MCKENZIE, GEORGE, G 27 October 1917 Private MCKENZIE, GEORGE SINCLAIR, G S 31 October 1917 Lieutenant MCKENZIE, HUGH MCDONALD, H M 30 October 1917 Private MCKENZIE, JAMES, J 28 October 1917 Private MCKENZIE, JAMES, J 6 November 1917 Private MCKENZIE, KENNETH, K 6 November 1917 Private MCKENZIE, SAMUEL, S 26 October 1917 Private MCKENZIE, WILLIAM, W 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal MCKENZIE, WILLIAM CHARLES, W C 26 October 1917 Private MCKESSOCK, WILLIAM JOHN, W J 26 October 1917 Private MCKIBBEN, ROBERT ROY, R R 7 November 1917 Private MCKIBBIN, CHARLES GORDON, C G 30 October 1917 Sergeant MCKIE, GEORGE MURRAY, G M 27 October 1917 Private MCKINLAY, THOMAS ALEXANDER, T A 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal MCKINNELL, GEORGE, G 27 October 1917 Private MCKINNON, ARCHIBALD ARTHUR, A A 6 November 1917 Private MCKINNON, COLIN MCCULLOCH, C M 26 October 1917 Private MCKINNON, LAWRENCE HECTOR, L H 6 November 1917 Private MCKINNON, WILLIAM SMILLIE, W S 10 November 1917 Private MCKNIGHT, DAVID, D 30 October 1917 Private MCLACHLAN, ALEXANDER ARCHIBALD, A A 31 October 1917 Private MCLAGAN, HAROLD BRUCE, H B 4 November 1917 Lieutenant MCLEA, KENNETH WETZLAR, K W 28 October 1917 Lance Corporal MCLEAN, ALEXANDER REES, A R 26 October 1917 Private MCLEAN, FRANCIS WALTER, F W 10 November 1917 Bombardier MCLEAN, GEORGE, G 3 November 1917 Private MCLEAN, GEORGE WALTER, G W 26 October 1917 Private MCLEAN, HUGH, H 30 October 1917 Private MCLEAN, KENNETH, K 6 November 1917 Private MCLEAN, RODERICK JOHN, R J 10 November 1917 Private MCLEESE, JAMES, J 26 October 1917 Corporal MCLELLAN, HOWARD JOHN, H J 31 October 1917 Private MCLELLAN, JAMES, J 8 November 1917 Private MCLELLAN, JOHN, J C 7 November 1917 Private MCLEOD, ANGUS DANIEL, A D 30 October 1917 Private MCLEOD, ARTHUR NORMAN, A N 6 November 1917 Private MCLEOD, CHARLES HENRY, C H 30 October 1917 Private MCLEOD, EDWARD ROYAL, E R 30 October 1917 Corporal MCLEOD, JOHN, J A 26 October 1917 Private MCLEOD, LOCKLAND, L 30 October 1917 Private MCLEOD, NORMAN, N 26 October 1917 Private MCLURE, WILLIAM, W 31 October 1917 Private MCMAHON, JOHN VALENTINE, J V 30 October 1917 Corporal MCMAHON, THOMAS, T 26 October 1917 Private MCMARNE, JAMES, J 30 October 1917 Private MCMASTER, JAMES DUNCAN, J D 1 November 1917 Sapper MCMASTER, THOMAS, T 3 November 1917 Private MCMILLAN, CHARLES WARREN CURRIER, C W C 30 October 1917 Private MCMILLAN, HARRY, H 10 November 1917 Private MCMURPHY, DOUGALD, D 3 November 1917 Private MCMURTRY, ROY FOTHERGILL, R F 6 November 1917 Private MCNAIR, GORDON DAVID, G D 6 November 1917 Lieutenant MCNALLY, STANLEY MELVILLE, S M 8 November 1917 Private MCNAMEE, CHARLES JOSEPH, C J 10 November 1917 Private MCNAMEE, JOHN JOSEPH, J J 10 November 1917 Private MCNAUGHT, JOSEPH WILLIAM, J W 31 October 1917 Sergeant MCNAUGHTON, HAROLD VICTOR, H V 1 November 1917 Private MCNAUGHTON, WILLIAM ALFRED KENNETH, W A K 30 October 1917 Private MCNEELY, ALEXANDER DUNCAN, A D 26 October 1917 Private MCNEIL, PARRY GILBERT, P G 30 October 1917 Private MCNEILAGE, GEORGE ROBERT, G R 10 November 1917 Private MCNULTY, ERNEST EDWARD, E E 30 October 1917 Sergeant MCNULTY, THOMAS, T 6 November 1917 Corporal MCPHAIL, NORMAN, N R 6 November 1917 Private MCPHERSON, JOHN DONALD, J D 26 October 1917 Corporal MCPHERSON, LAUCHLIN HUGH, L H 30 October 1917 Private MCQUADE, JAMES CAMPBELL, J C 30 October 1917 Private MCQUARRIE, NEIL, N 26 October 1917 Private MCQUEEN, DAVID ALEXANDER, D A 26 October 1917 Private MCQUEEN, RICHARD FLEMMING, R F 2 November 1917 Private MCRAE, ALEXANDER, A 28 October 1917 Private MCRAE, GEORGE THOMAS, G T 9 November 1917 Private MCRAE, KENNETH MURDOCH, K M 8 November 1917 Private MCRITCHIE, NORMAN MURRAY, N M 30 October 1917 Private MCROBBIE, WILLIAM HENRY GEORGE, W H G 10 November 1917 Private MCTAVISH, GEORGE EDWIN, G E 31 October 1917 Private MCVICAR, ALEXANDER, A 1 November 1917 Private MCVICAR, ALEXANDER, A 4 November 1917 Private MCVICAR, JAMES, J 6 November 1917 Private MCVICAR, WILLIAM JAMES, W J 10 November 1917 Lance Corporal MEADER, FRANK THOMAS MORRIS, F T M 10 November 1917 Private MEADOWS, CECIL, C 6 November 1917 Private MEARS, ALEXANDER, A 6 November 1917 Private MEDDLEN, WILLIAM, W 6 November 1917 Private MEFF, JAMES HENDERSON, J H 6 November 1917 Private MELLEN, VICTOR, V 31 October 1917 Private MELLENBERG, FRED, F 29 October 1917 Private MELLICK, LEONARD ALBION, L A W 30 October 1917 Private MELLOR, THOMAS LYON OVINGTON, T L O 26 October 1917 Private MELLOTT, GEORGE LAWRENCE, G L 30 October 1917 Private MELNIK, DEMIAN, D 10 November 1917 Private MELNIK, IGNATY, I 10 November 1917 Private MELVIN, ROBERT, R 26 October 1917 Private MENARD, SYDNEY GARNET, S G 30 October 1917 Private MENZIE, ORA SAMUEL, O S 30 October 1917 Lieutenant MERKLEY, MYLES EARL, M E 6 November 1917 Private MERMET, HENRY, H 30 October 1917 Gunner MERRILL, WAINWRIGHT, W 6 November 1917 Private MERRITT, ARTHUR JAMES, A J 30 October 1917
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