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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 GOOCH, ALFRED WILLIAM, A W 7 November 1917 Private GOODIN, JOSEPH, J F 6 November 1917 Private GOODING, GEORGE, G H 1 November 1917 Private GOODWIN, EARL GEORGE, E G 30 October 1917 Private GOODWIN, FRANK ALBERT, F A 6 November 1917 Private GOODWIN, WILLIAM, W 8 November 1917 Private GORDON, ALFRED, A 26 October 1917 Private GORDON, FRANK, F 10 November 1917 Private GORDON, RALPH ORLO, R O 6 November 1917 Private GORDON, WILLIAM JAMES, W J 30 October 1917 Private GORDON, WILLIAM JOHN JAMES, W J J 30 October 1917 Gunner GORE, CYRIL, C 29 October 1917 Private GORING, EARL, E 5 November 1917 Lance Corporal GORMAN, HOWARD MAHONY, H M 6 November 1917 Private GORMAN, JAMES, J 10 November 1917 Sergeant GOSS, SAMUEL ALBERT, S A 6 November 1917 Private GOTHORPE, PHILIP ODLING, P O 7 November 1917 Private GOUGH, ROBERT, R 30 October 1917 Private GOURLEY, JOSEPH, J 10 November 1917 Private GOWER, DAVID, D 6 November 1917 Private GRAFFIN, ALBERT FRANCOIS, A F 10 November 1917 Private GRAHAM, ALEXANDER, A 30 October 1917 Private GRAHAM, ALBERT THOMAS, A T 29 October 1917 Private GRAHAM, FRANCIS, F 28 October 1917 Private GRAHAM, GEORGE GORDON GIBSON DAVID, G G G 27 October 1917 Private GRAHAM, JOSEPH, J 10 November 1917 Private GRAHAM, JOHN HAMILTON, J H 5 November 1917 Private GRAHAM, JOHN REGINALD, J R 7 November 1917 Private GRAHAM, JOHN WILLIAM, J W 30 October 1917 Private GRAHAM, LEE, L 30 October 1917 Sergeant GRAINGER, WILLIAM GILBERT, W G 26 October 1917 Private GRANAT, MACHAL, M 10 November 1917 Private GRANGER, ALFRED, A E 26 October 1917 Lance Corporal GRANT, ALEXANDER RENNIE, A R 1 November 1917 Private GRANT, EDWIN, E 26 October 1917 Captain GRANT, HERVE MURRAY, H M 28 October 1917 Private GRANT, JOHN, J 6 November 1917 Private GRANT, JOHN BARCLAY, J B 10 November 1917 Private GRANT, ROBERT WILLIAM, R W 6 November 1917 Private GRANT, WILLIAM SMITH, W S 6 November 1917 Lieutenant GRAY, GEORGE ROBERT, G R 31 October 1917 Private GRAY, HENRY, H 26 October 1917 Private GRAY, JAMES, J 10 November 1917 Private GRAY, WILLIAM, W 26 October 1917 Private GRAY, WILLIAM, W 6 November 1917 Private GRAY, WILLIAM RALPH, W R 6 November 1917 Private GRAY, WILLIAM TAYLOR, W T 6 November 1917 Private GREEN, HERBERT JOHN, H J 7 November 1917 Private GREEN, LEO ALFRED, L A 30 October 1917 Private GREEN, SAMUEL BENJAMIN, S B 30 October 1917 Private GREEN, WESLEY, W 26 October 1917 Private GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY, W H 8 November 1917 Private GREEN, WILLIAM JOSEPH CHILDS, W J C 9 November 1917 Private GREEN, WALTER THOMAS, W T 6 November 1917 Private GREEN, WALTER THOMAS, W T 10 November 1917 Private GREENHALGH, SAMUEL, S 5 November 1917 Gunner GREENHOUGH, JAMES, J 6 November 1917 Private GREENLOW, WILLIAM, W 30 October 1917 Private GREENO, HERBERT WILLIAM, H W 6 November 1917 Private GREENOUGH, JOSEPH CLARK, J C 30 October 1917 Private GREENSIDES, HENRY, H 10 November 1917 Private GREENWAY, JAMES TIPSON, J T 30 October 1917 Private GREENWOOD, ALFRED, A 8 November 1917 Private GREENWOOD, ARNOLD KYE, A K 6 November 1917 Private GREENWOOD, JOHN FREDERICK, J F 6 November 1917 Private GREER, GEORGE, G 8 November 1917 Private GREGORY, HARRY WILLIAM, H W 3 November 1917 Private GRENIER, GEDEON, G 30 October 1917 Private GRICE, JOSEPH HAROLD, J H 6 November 1917 Sergeant GRIEVE, THOMAS, T 7 November 1917 Private GRIEVES, GEORGE RAYWOOD, G R 6 November 1917 Private GRIFFIN, HAROLD, H 28 October 1917 Lance Corporal GRIFFITH, WILLIAM JAMES, W J 28 October 1917 Private GRIFFITHS, JOHN NORMAN, J N 30 October 1917 Private GRIFFITHS, SAMUEL, S 1 November 1917 Private GRIMES, MATTHEW, M 30 October 1917 Private GRIMSEY, SYDNEY RICHARD, S R 26 October 1917 Corporal GRITTY, GEORGE, G 6 November 1917 Private GROOM, CHARLES, C 6 November 1917 Private GROOM, FREDERICK, F 30 October 1917 Private GROOME, FRANK EDWIN, F E 28 October 1917 Private GROSSI, GIACINTO, G 30 October 1917 Corporal GROUNDSELL, ARCHIE, A 3 November 1917 Corporal GRUMBLE, GEORGE, G 3 November 1917 Private GRYNIEWICZ, FELIX, F 31 October 1917 Private GUEST, HAROLD CURRIE, H C 30 October 1917 Private GUILMETTE, EDOUARD, E 3 November 1917 Lance Corporal GULLAND, FRANK SIDNEY HERBERT, F S H 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal GUNN, GEORGE, G 6 November 1917 Corporal GUNNING, BENJAMIN THOMAS, B T 6 November 1917 Private GURNEY, WALTER, W 6 November 1917 Driver GUTHRO, CHARLES, C 1 November 1917 Sapper GWYNNE, JOHN, J 4 November 1917 Lance Corporal HAAS, GABRIEL, G 10 November 1917 Private HACKETT, CHARLES EDWARD, C E 29 October 1917 Private HADDRELL, FREDERICK, F 7 November 1917 Lance Corporal HADFIELD, GEORGE VICTOR, G V 30 October 1917 Captain HAGGARD, RIDER LANCELOT, R L 30 October 1917 Private HAIGHT, GEORGE EDWARD, G E 10 November 1917 Private HALE, GEORGE LESLIE, G L 3 November 1917 Private HALE, JAMES PALMER, J P 6 November 1917 Private HALE, WALTER HENRY, W H 8 November 1917 Private HALEY, EDWARD CECIL, E C 30 October 1917 Private HALEY, BOLTON, J B 10 November 1917 Private HALFORD, JOHN THOMAS, J T 26 October 1917 Private HALL, ALFRED, A 9 November 1917 Private HALL, ALBERT HARLE, A H 30 October 1917 Private HALL, CLIFFORD FRANK, C F 30 October 1917 Private HALL, JOHN BRITTAIN, J B 30 October 1917 Private HALL, MERLE WILLIAM, M W 26 October 1917 Lieutenant HALL, TERENCE SMYTHE, T S 30 October 1917 Private HALLETT, GEORGE JAMES, G J 26 October 1917 Private HALLIDAY, GEORGE WILLIAM, G W 30 October 1917 Private HALLIDAY, JAMES, J 6 November 1917 Sergeant HALLIWELL, ALBERT, A 6 November 1917 Private HALOPOFF, WILLIAM, W 10 November 1917 Private HAMBLETON, GEORGE, G 7 November 1917 Private HAMILL, ALBERT, A 6 November 1917 Corporal HAMILTON, ALEXANDER FULLERTON, A F 9 November 1917 Private HAMILTON, EDWARD, E 10 November 1917
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