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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 ABBOTT, CHARLES GORDON LAIRD, C G L 30 October 1917 Private ABBOTT, ROBERT, R 30 October 1917 Private ABERCROMBY, JAMES, J 9 November 1917 Private ABRAMSON, OSCAR MARTIN, O M 10 November 1917 Private ACTON, ROY ERNEST, R E 3 November 1917 Private ACTWORTH, DAVID FREDERICK, D F 6 November 1917 Corporal ADAM, GORDON, G 6 November 1917 Private ADAM, GRAHAM EDWARD, G E 6 November 1917 Private ADAMCHUCK, JACK, J 5 November 1917 Private ADAMS, CHARLES HUMPHREY, C H 31 October 1917 Private ADAMS, ELI, E 10 November 1917 Private ADAMS, FREDERICK WILLIAM, F W 6 November 1917 Private ADAMS, GEORGE CLINTON, G C 6 November 1917 Private ADAMS, GEORGE RAYMOND, G R 30 October 1917 Private ADAMS, HENRY, H 2 November 1917 Lance Sergeant ADAMS, JAMES ANDREW, J A 7 November 1917 Private ADAMS, JOHN CHARLES, J C 10 November 1917 Private ADAMS, RAYMOND TOM, R T 6 November 1917 Private ADAMS, VICTOR JOSEPH, V J 6 November 1917 Lieutenant AGAR, HAROLD EDWARD, H E 30 October 1917 Lieutenant AGGETT, WILLIAM HARVEY, W H 6 November 1917 Corporal AIRD, JOHN DONALD, J D 26 October 1917 Lieutenant AIRD, WILLIAM DOUGLAS, W D 26 October 1917 Gunner AITKEN, WILLIAM, W 4 November 1917 Private AITKEN, WILLIAM, W 10 November 1917 Private AKINS, JAMES, J 9 November 1917 Private ALBRECTSEN, CARL EMIL, C E 7 November 1917 Lance Corporal ALBRIGHT, CHARLES ALBERT, C A 6 November 1917 Private ALBRIGHT, FREDERICK STANLEY, F S 26 October 1917 Private ALDWINCKLE, ERNEST HENRY, E H 30 October 1917 Sergeant ALEXANDER, ROBERT EDWARD, R E 30 October 1917 Gunner ALEXANDER, WILLIAM JAMES, W J 7 November 1917 Corporal ALLAN, JOHN MARTIN, J M 6 November 1917 Private ALLAN, PETER, P 30 October 1917 Private ALLARD, EUGENE LAWRENCE, E L 30 October 1917 Private ALLARY, CHARLES, C 6 November 1917 Private ALLBRIGHT, WILLIAM, W 5 November 1917 Private ALLEN, JAMES ARTHUR, J A 6 November 1917 Private ALLEN, LEWIS NELSON, L N 30 October 1917 Private ALLEN, NEWTON GEORGE, N G 30 October 1917 Private ALLEN, ROBERT, R F 7 November 1917 Private ALLEN, WILLIAM, W 10 November 1917 Private ALLIBAN, RAYMOND, R 26 October 1917 Private ALLIN, LORNE WILLIAM JOHN, L W J 26 October 1917 Private ALLWOOD, ARTHUR, A 3 November 1917 Lieutenant ALMAS, ERNEST NORVAL, E N 31 October 1917 Lieutenant ALMON, JOHN EGAN, J E 30 October 1917 Private ALSTON, LEO, L 10 November 1917 Private ALWARD, BLAIR MELBOURNE, B M 30 October 1917 Private ALWARD, DALTON HUMPHREY, D H 6 November 1917 Sapper ALWARD, EARL, E S 3 November 1917 Lance Corporal ALWAY, ARTHUR, A 31 October 1917 Private AMES, JOSEPH MARIAN, J M 30 October 1917 Private ANDERSON, ALBERT, A 6 November 1917 Private ANDERSON, ALEXANDER, A 6 November 1917 Private ANDERSON, ABNER ADOLPH, A A 28 October 1917 Private ANDERSON, BERT RICHARD, B R 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal ANDERSON, DAVID, D 26 October 1917 Private ANDERSON, ERICK, E 26 October 1917 Lieutenant ANDERSON, FREDERICK JOHN, F J 28 October 1917 Private ANDERSON, JAMES, J 26 October 1917 Private ANDERSON, JOHN CLAUD, J C 6 November 1917 Major ANDERSON, JOHN GIBSON, J G 10 November 1917 Private ANDERSON, MARTIN, M 10 November 1917 Private ANDERSON, OSCAR, O 10 November 1917 Major ANDERSON, PERCIVAL WILLIAM, P W 28 October 1917 Private ANDERSON, STANLEY MILTIMORE, S M 30 October 1917 Private ANDERSON, WILLIAM, W 26 October 1917 Private ANDREWS, HERBERT, H 30 October 1917 Corporal ANDREWS, HENRY, H 3 November 1917 Private ANDREWS, JOHN, J W 4 November 1917 Private ANDREWS, SIDNEY HERBERT, S H 30 October 1917 Private ANDROS, SIDNEY DOBRE, S D 10 November 1917 Private ANGUS, ROBERT GEORGE, R G 30 October 1917 Private ANSBRO, GEORGE PATRICK, G P 30 October 1917 Private ANSCOMBE, CHARLES ERNEST, C E 30 October 1917 Sapper ANSTEAD, WILLIAM AUSTIN, W A 9 November 1917 Private ANTHONY, MAXWELL, M 30 October 1917 Private ANTONUK, JOHN, J 6 November 1917 Sapper ARAMCHUK, ALEXANDER, A 3 November 1917 Gunner ARCHER, WILLIAM CHARLES, W C 9 November 1917 Private ARCHIBALD, EVERETT FORESTER, E F 6 November 1917 Private ARCHIBALD, GORDEN ELMER, G E 30 October 1917 Private ARMER, RICHARD HAROLD, R H 6 November 1917 Gunner ARMITAGE, ARTHUR CYRIL, A C 29 October 1917 Private ARMSTRONG, ALEXANDER, A 6 November 1917 Private ARMSTRONG, DAVID ALONZO, D A 6 November 1917 Private ARMSTRONG, FRANK, F 10 November 1917 Private ARMSTRONG, GORDON CECIL, G C 10 November 1917 Private ARMSTRONG, IDON ALBIN, I A 30 October 1917 Corporal ARMSTRONG, JAMES, J 10 November 1917 Private ARMSTRONG, ROY CLARENCE, R C 30 October 1917 Lieutenant ARMSTRONG, ROBERT MCLAREN, R M 6 November 1917 Private ARMSTRONG, WALTER, W 10 November 1917 Private ARNOLD, RICHARD IRWIN, R I 7 November 1917 Sapper ARUNDEL, ROBERT, R 8 November 1917 Private ASHBOUGH, ALBERT, A 27 October 1917 Private ASHDOWNE, THOMAS WYKES, T W 6 November 1917 Private ASHLEY, WILLIAM STEPHEN SEYMOUR, W S S 7 November 1917 Private ASHTON, GEORGE ELLIOTT, G E 31 October 1917 Private ASHTON, RICHARD GEORGE, R G 6 November 1917 Private ASTELS, HERMAN WOODBURN, H W 6 November 1917 Private ATCHISON, HENRY, H 3 November 1917 Private ATKINSON, ALEXANDER WARDLOW, A W 6 November 1917 Private ATKINSON, HERBERT JOHN, H J 10 November 1917 Lance Corporal ATKINSON, HORATIO NELSON, H N 28 October 1917 Private ATKINSON, ROBERT EDWARD, R E 6 November 1917 Private ATTWOOD, FRANK, F 2 November 1917 Private ATTWOOD, JAMES ERNEST, J E 6 November 1917 Private AUGER, EUGENE, E 10 November 1917 Second Lieutenant AUSTEN, GEORGE ALAN, G A 26 October 1917 Private AVERY, BENJAMIN, B 30 October 1917 Private AYRES, ALBERT GEORGE, A G 6 November 1917 Private BABCOCK, PERCY, P 6 November 1917 Private BACHELOR, ARTHUR WALTER, A W 26 October 1917 Private BACON, PEARL NELSON, P N 31 October 1917 Private BAGGS, JOHN WILLIAM, J W 31 October 1917 Private BAILEY, ERNEST ROBERT, E R 10 November 1917 Private BAILEY, HAROLD, H 6 November 1917 Private BAILEY, HARRY STATHION, H S 30 October 1917
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