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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 HEWITT, ROBERT ELLWOOD, R E 30 October 1917 Private HEWS, JAMES, J 3 November 1917 Private HICKEY, DAVID, D J 31 October 1917 Corporal HICKEY, WILLIAM, W 26 October 1917 Private HICKMAN, ROY OAKLEY, R O 7 November 1917 Private HICKS, GEORGE EPHRAIM, G E 30 October 1917 Private HICKS, VAUGHAN LEE, V L 7 November 1917 Private HIGGINS, JAMES EDWARD, J E 30 October 1917 Corporal HIGGS, HEBER, H 4 November 1917 Private HIGH, ALEXANDER, A 26 October 1917 Private HIGTON, GEORGE LAWRENCE, G L 6 November 1917 Private HILL, ALFRED, A 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal HILL, CHARLES MEREDITH, C M 30 October 1917 Private HILL, EDWARD ROBERT, E R 26 October 1917 Private HILL, GEORGE, G 30 October 1917 Private HILL, HARRY, H 4 November 1917 Private HILL, RAYMOND, R 26 October 1917 Corporal HILL, SYDNEY WALTER, S W 31 October 1917 Private HILL, WILLIAM ALBERT, W A 3 November 1917 Private HILL, WILLIAM EDWARD, W E 30 October 1917 Private HILLS, GEORGE TAPPENDEN, G T 6 November 1917 Private HILSHEY, FRANK, F 5 November 1917 Lieutenant HINCKESMAN, JOHN WILLIAM, J W 27 October 1917 Private HINDLE, SMITH, S 30 October 1917 Private HINDS, GEORGE EARL, G E 6 November 1917 Lance Corporal HINKLEY, ALBERT JAMES, A J 6 November 1917 Private HINKLEY, FREDERICK ARTHUR, F A 10 November 1917 Corporal HIRST, JACK EDWIN, J E 8 November 1917 Driver HIRST, JOHN, J T 3 November 1917 Private HOBAN, THOMAS PATRICK, T P 26 October 1917 Private HODGAN, WILLIAM ROBERT, W R 4 November 1917 Private HODGE, CHARLES FREDRICK, C F 6 November 1917 Private HODGKINS, JOHN WALTERS, J W 6 November 1917 Private HODGSON, ARCHIE, A 7 November 1917 Private HODGSON, GEORGE, G 6 November 1917 Driver HODGSON, NELSON NATHANIEL, N N 6 November 1917 Private HODGSON, THOMAS, T 30 October 1917 Private HODSON, CHARLES EDWARD, C E 26 October 1917 Private HOGAN, WILLIAM PATRICK, W P 31 October 1917 Private HOGG, GEORGE, G 31 October 1917 Private HOILE, AMEDIE, A 30 October 1917 Private HOILE, JOHN, J 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal HOLBORN, CHARLES SYDNEY, C 6 November 1917 Private HOLBORNE, WILLIAM DANIEL, W D 30 October 1917 Private HOLBROW, ALBERT HENRY MANDER, A H M 29 October 1917 Private HOLDOM, CHARLES EDMUND, C E 26 October 1917 Lieutenant HOLLAND, GEORGE KILVERT, G K 6 November 1917 Private HOLLOWOOD, FRANK, F 2 November 1917 Private HOLMAN, STANLEY BENJAMIN, S B 30 October 1917 Sergeant HOLMES, AUSTIN, A 26 October 1917 Private HOLMES, HARRY, H 5 November 1917 Gunner HOLMES, JOHN ALEXANDER, J A 7 November 1917 Private HOLT, GEORGE, G W 30 October 1917 Private HOLTON, BENJAMIN ALFRED, B A 10 November 1917 Private HOOK, WILLIAM THOMAS, W T 6 November 1917 Private HOPE, WILLIAM, W 30 October 1917 Private HOPE, WILLIAM BRUCE, W B 3 November 1917 Sapper HOPGOOD, ARTHUR SYDNEY, A S 4 November 1917 Private HOPKINS, CHARLES WALTER, C W 3 November 1917 Sergeant HOPKINS, JOSEPH, J 29 October 1917 Private HOPKINS, WILLIAM JOHN, W J 26 October 1917 Private HORN, JONATHAN, J 6 November 1917 Private HORNE, BERNARD, B 30 October 1917 Private HOROBIN, HOWARD, H 30 October 1917 Private HORTON, JOSEPH PATTERSON, J P 5 November 1917 Private HOSKINSON, LUE ERNEST, L E 10 November 1917 Sergeant HOSTRAWSER, GEORGE, G 31 October 1917 Private HOULE, ADELARD, A 1 November 1917 Private HOURIHAN, JOHN FRANCES, J F 30 October 1917 Private HOUSLEY, GEORGE, G 30 October 1917 Private HOVEY, ARTHUR LE BARON, A LeB 30 October 1917 Private HOWARD, ERNEST ARTHUR, E A 5 November 1917 Private HOWARD, GEORGE, G 26 October 1917 Sergeant HOWARD, HENRY, H 30 October 1917 Private HOWARD, JOHNSTON, J 26 October 1917 Private HOWARD, JACKSON, J 6 November 1917 Private HOWE, EDWARD ALEXANDER, E A 8 November 1917 Corporal HOWE, SYDNEY, S S 29 October 1917 Private HUBERT, FRANK, F 6 November 1917 Private HUBERT, JOHN FRANCIS, J F 6 November 1917 Private HUBLEY, FILMORE DANIEL, F D 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal HUDSON, , J R 26 October 1917 Private HUGHES, EDGAR FRANKLIN, E F 10 November 1917 Private HUGHES, FREDERICK, F 26 October 1917 Private HUGHES, JOHN, J 28 October 1917 Private HUGHES, LEWIS, L 6 November 1917 Private HUGHES, STEPHEN HENRY, S H 6 November 1917 Private HUGHES, WILLIAM THOMAS, W T 30 October 1917 Private HUGHES, WILLIAM WALTER, W W 30 October 1917 Sergeant HUME, FRANK, F 31 October 1917 Corporal HUMPHREY, HARRY, H 30 October 1917 Private HUNT, ARTHUR JOSEPH, A J 26 October 1917 Private HUNT, CHARLES JAMES, C J 6 November 1917 Lance Serjeant HUNT, FRANK WILLIAM, F W 10 November 1917 Private HUNT, JAMES MICHAEL, J M 6 November 1917 Private HUNT, REGINALD, R 1 November 1917 Private HUNTER, HENRY GEORGE, H G 6 November 1917 Private HUNTER, JOHN ALLEN, J A 10 November 1917 Private HUNTER, JOHN STANLEY, J S 30 October 1917 Private HUNTINGFORD, WILLIAM, W 1 November 1917 Private HUNTLEY, HORACE JAMES, H J 28 October 1917 Private HURDLE, KENNETH DAVID, K D 10 November 1917 Private HURFORD, CHARLES HARRIS, C H 26 October 1917 Private HURFORD, ROBERT CHARLES, R C 3 November 1917 Private HURLBURT, CHARLES ACEY, C A 30 October 1917 Private HURLSTON, GODFREY LEWIS, G L 8 November 1917 Private HURST, GEORGE, G 26 October 1917 Private HUTCHINGS, WILLIAM GEORGE, W G 30 October 1917 Private HUTCHINGS, WILLIAM JOHN, W J 9 November 1917 Lieutenant HUTCHINSON, FRANK OLIVER, F O 30 October 1917 Private HUTCHINSON, JOHN GEORGE, J G 30 October 1917 Gunner HUTCHINSON, WALTER THOMAS, W T 9 November 1917 Major HUTCHISON, HARRY, H 5 November 1917 Private HUTCHISON, STEPHEN DUNN, S D 30 October 1917 Private HUTCHISON, WILLIAM, W 30 October 1917 Private HUTCHISON, WILLIAM GEORGE, W G 30 October 1917 Private HUTTON, CLEMENS PERCY RICHMOND, C P R 6 November 1917 Sergeant HUTTON, GEORGE, G 6 November 1917 Sergeant HUTTON, THOMAS LEWIS, T L 26 October 1917 Private HUXLEY, FRED RUSSELL, F R 6 November 1917
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