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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 FENBY, HERBERT, H 6 November 1917 Private FENN, CHARLES HERBERT, C H 30 October 1917 Private FENNELL, FREDERICK THOMAS, F T 7 November 1917 Lieutenant FENWICK, GEORGE PAGET OWEN, G P O 30 October 1917 Private FERGUSON, ANDREW, A 30 October 1917 Private FERGUSON, CALVIN, C 30 October 1917 Private FERGUSON, ERNEST ROBERT JOHN, E R J 4 November 1917 Private FERGUSON, FRED, F B 31 October 1917 Private FERGUSON, HERBERT STANLEY, H S 10 November 1917 Private FERGUSON, JOHN, J 31 October 1917 Private FERGUSON, JOHN, J 6 November 1917 Private FERGUSON, JOHN ALEXANDER, J A 30 October 1917 Private FERGUSON, JAMES ANDREW, J A 6 November 1917 Private FERGUSON, OMEROD, O 6 November 1917 Private FERGUSON, ROBERT, R 30 October 1917 Private FERGUSON, WILLIAM INNES, W I 26 October 1917 Private FERNIHOUGH, GORDON LESLIE, G L 26 October 1917 Private FERRELL, SAMUEL MILTON, S M 6 November 1917 Private FERRIS, HENRY ALBERT ROBERT, H A R 10 November 1917 Private FERRIS, WILLIAM HENRY, W H 6 November 1917 Private FIELDER, JOHN, J 6 November 1917 Private FIELDING, JOHN FREDERICK, J F 30 October 1917 Captain FIELDING, WILLIAM STEVENS, W S 10 November 1917 Private FINCH, ARTHUR, A 10 November 1917 Private FINER, EUSTACE STAFFERT FLAXMAN, E S F 10 November 1917 Private FINLAY, WALLACE MELDRUM, W M 30 October 1917 Lieutenant FINLEY, CHARLES ARTHUR, C A 26 October 1917 Private FINNEY, WILFRED JOHN, W J 6 November 1917 Sapper FINNIE, ALEXANDER CANNING, A C 30 October 1917 Private FINTER, CHARLES, C 10 November 1917 Private FIRBY, HERMAN DELBERT, H D 3 November 1917 Private FISH, WARREN, W 6 November 1917 Gunner FISHBOURNE, JOHN, J 1 November 1917 Lieutenant FISHER, FREDERICK JAMES, F J 10 November 1917 Private FISHER, ISAAC SYLVESTER, I S 9 November 1917 Sapper FISHER, JAMES, J 30 October 1917 Private FISHER, JOHN, J 30 October 1917 Private FISHER, JAMES HENRY, J H 9 November 1917 Corporal FISHER, REGINALD WALWIN, R W 26 October 1917 Private FISHER, SIDNEY WILLIAM, S W 10 November 1917 Private FISK, JOHN KNOWLTON, J K 30 October 1917 Private FISK, JAMES WELLINGTON, J W 5 November 1917 Private FITZELL, CHESTER, C 10 November 1917 Private FITZGERALD, CREIGHTON DEWEY, C D 10 November 1917 Private FITZGERALD, EDWIN PATRICK, E P 30 October 1917 Private FITZGERALD, PATRICK JOSEPH, P J 26 October 1917 Private FITZGERALD, WILLIAM JAMES, W J 6 November 1917 Private FITZPATRICK, ANDREW, A 30 October 1917 Private FITZPATRICK, JOSEPH, J 8 November 1917 Private FLANAGAN, JOSEPH, J 10 November 1917 Private FLEMING, JAMES WALLER, J W 30 October 1917 Private FLEMING, ROBERT EMMET, R E 6 November 1917 Private FLETCHER, ALEXANDER, A 10 November 1917 Private FLETCHER, ARTHUR LAMBERT, A L 8 November 1917 Lance Corporal FLETCHER, HERBERT HARRADON, H H 26 October 1917 Private FLETCHER, JOSEPH GEORGE FREDERICK, J G F 9 November 1917 Private FLICK, FREDERICK, F W 29 October 1917 Private FLINN, TIMOTHY, T 5 November 1917 Major FOORD, JAMES, J 28 October 1917 Private FORBES, ARTHUR, A 30 October 1917 Private FORBES, WILLIAM THOMAS, W T 26 October 1917 Private FORD, FREDERICK GEORGE, F G 26 October 1917 Private FORD, GEORGE LEONARD, G L 6 November 1917 Private FORD, THOMAS, T 7 November 1917 Private FORDHAM, SIDNEY, S 10 November 1917 Corporal FORMAN, CHARLES IAN, C I 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal FORREST, CHARLES BARCLAY, C B 26 October 1917 Private FORRESTER, FRANK DUDLEY, F D 9 November 1917 Private FORRESTER, OLIVER, O 30 October 1917 Private FORTIER, NELSON, N 27 October 1917 Private FORTIN, EDGAR, E 6 November 1917 Corporal FOSKETT, CHARLES, C 30 October 1917 Corporal FOSKETT, GEORGE ERNEST, G E 26 October 1917 Private FOSTER, ARTHUR HAROLD, A H 30 October 1917 Private FOSTER, DAVID ROY, D R 6 November 1917 Gunner FOSTER, FRANK, F 5 November 1917 Private FOSTER, FRED JOHN HOTHERSOLL, F J H 31 October 1917 Private FOSTER, HAROLD, H 30 October 1917 Corporal FOSTER, JOHN, J 26 October 1917 Private FOSTER, JACEL, J 10 November 1917 Private FOUGERE, ALEXANDER, A 3 November 1917 Private FOWLER, CHARLES GARFIELD, C G 8 November 1917 Private FOWLER, FREEMAN JOHN, F J 6 November 1917 Private FOWLSTON, FREDERICK, F 26 October 1917 Private FOX, ALFRED, A 26 October 1917 Private FOX, THOMAS, T 30 October 1917 Private FRADETTE, THEOPHILE HENRI, T H 9 November 1917 Private FRANCE, EDMOND, E 9 November 1917 Private FRANCIS, ALLAN SIDNEY, A S 8 November 1917 Private FRANCIS, CLAUDE, C 6 November 1917 Private FRANCIS, FREDERICK RUSSELL, F R 6 November 1917 Private FRANCIS, PRYCE, P 8 November 1917 Private FRANCIS, REGINALD JAMES, R J 26 October 1917 Private FRANCIS, THOMAS, T 30 October 1917 Private FRANCIS, WHEELOCK, W 26 October 1917 Private FRANZO, DON FRANCOIS, D F 10 November 1917 Lieutenant FRASER, ALEXANDER DANIEL, A D 7 November 1917 Private FRASER, DANIEL, D 10 November 1917 Private FRASER, DONALD ALEXANDER, D A 30 October 1917 Driver FRASER, HAROLD JAMES, H J 6 November 1917 Private FRASER, RUSSELL FRANKLIN, R F 30 October 1917 Corporal FRASER, SIMON ALEXANDER, S A 30 October 1917 Private FRASER, WILLIAM WALLACE, W W 5 November 1917 Gunner FREE, WILLIAM IVEY EDGAR, W I E 7 November 1917 Private FREEMAN, BENJAMIN HENRY, B H 5 November 1917 Private FREEMAN, CARL CLARENCE, C C 30 October 1917 Private FRENCH, ALEXANDER CHARLES, A C 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal FRENCH, HERBERT CHARLES, H C 1 November 1917 Private FRENCH, LORNE DANIEL, L D 30 October 1917 Private FRENCH, WALTER, W 6 November 1917 Private FRIGHT, EDWARD JAMES, E J 26 October 1917 Corporal FRISBY, HARRY, H 6 November 1917 Private FROST, ISAAC JOHN, I J 2 November 1917 Private FROST, PERCY LENORD, P L 10 November 1917 Lance Serjeant FRY, JOHN, J 3 November 1917 Sergeant FULLER, CHARLES HERBERT, C H 26 October 1917 Private FULLER, DAVID STANLEY, D S 2 November 1917 Private FULLER, JOHN HENRY, J H 6 November 1917 Private FULLER, THOMAS COUNSELL, T C 1 November 1917 Private FULTON, EMANUEL, E 6 November 1917
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