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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 MUNDY, ROBERT, R 10 November 1917 Private MUNRO, FRANK, F 26 October 1917 Sergeant MUNRO, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, W A 6 November 1917 Lance Corporal MUNROE, LEONARD, L 3 November 1917 Private MURDOCH, WILLIAM, W 10 November 1917 Private MURDOCK, DENNIS JAMES, D J 4 November 1917 Lance Serjeant MURDOCK, JOHN, J 7 November 1917 Private MURKIN, CHARLES DAVID, C D 10 November 1917 Private MURPHY, CHARLES, C 1 November 1917 Private MURPHY, FRANCIS, F 6 November 1917 Lance Corporal MURPHY, GEORGE HEADLY, G H 31 October 1917 Private MURPHY, JAMES ANTHONY JIM, J A J 10 November 1917 Private MURPHY, PERCY, P 8 November 1917 Private MURPHY, THOMAS FRANCIS, T F 30 October 1917 Cadet MURPHY, THOMAS XAVIER, T X 26 October 1917 Lieutenant MURR, WILLIAM HENRY, W H 30 October 1917 Private MURRAY, ARCHIBALD, A 26 October 1917 Private MURRAY, ALEXANDER, A 6 November 1917 Sergeant MURRAY, CHRISTOPHER DESMOND, C D 30 October 1917 Private MURRAY, DONALD, D 26 October 1917 Private MURRAY, DOUGLAS, D 26 October 1917 Private MURRAY, DAVID, D 10 November 1917 Private MURRAY, JOHN CANNON, J C 30 October 1917 Private MURRAY, JOHN KENNEDY, J K 30 October 1917 Driver MURRAY, PATRICK, P 29 October 1917 Private MURRAY, ROBERT SCOTT, R S 6 November 1917 Private MURRAY, THOMAS, T 3 November 1917 Private MUTTART, ERNEST, E 9 November 1917 Sergeant MUTTON, ARTHUR ROY, A R 30 October 1917 Private MUTTON, HAROLD, H B 9 November 1917 Private MYERS, PERCY LAWRENCE, P L 6 November 1917 Private NAGLE, FRANK, F 6 November 1917 Private NASH, EDWARD, E 6 November 1917 Private NASH, WILLIAM, W 27 October 1917 Private NAULT, NAPOLEON, N 10 November 1917 Private NEAL, CLAIR BEDFORD, C B 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal NEALE, JOHN HARRISON, J H 6 November 1917 Private NEAR, WILLIAM, W 8 November 1917 Private NEESON, EDWARD JOSEPH, E J 29 October 1917 Private NEILD, HENRY, H H 10 November 1917 Lance Corporal NEILL, ARTHUR, A 10 November 1917 Private NEILL, WILLIAM, W 3 November 1917 Private NELSON, ALLAN GERALD, A G 26 October 1917 Private NELSON, ALBIN GOTFRED, A G 10 November 1917 Private NELSON, ELMER, E 6 November 1917 Sergeant NELSON, FRANK ALBERT, F A 30 October 1917 Corporal NELSON, GEORGE DOUGLAS, G D 30 October 1917 Private NELSON, HIRAM WILLIAM, H W 28 October 1917 Corporal NELSON, JAMES GUSTAVUS, J G 30 October 1917 Private NELSON, RAY, R 3 November 1917 Private NELSON, RUPERT PETER, R P 31 October 1917 Private NELSON, THOMAS WILLIAM, T W 6 November 1917 Private NELSON, WILLIAM LEWIS, W L 29 October 1917 Sergeant NEVILLE, ALFRED THOMAS, A T 10 November 1917 Private NEWBERY, RAYMOND WILLIAM, R W 10 November 1917 Private NEWBOLD, ALFRED HARTLEY, A H 30 October 1917 Private NEWBURY, ARNOLD OLIVER W, A O W 31 October 1917 Private NEWBY, WALTER HENRY, W H 6 November 1917 Lieutenant NEWCOMB, LANDELL, L 10 November 1917 Lance Corporal NEWELL, JOHN ROBERT, J R 30 October 1917 Private NEWELL, WILLIAM ROBERT, W R 9 November 1917 Private NEWKIRK, JAMES GRANT, J G 5 November 1917 Private NEWSOME, JOHN, J 3 November 1917 Gunner NEWSON, CHARLES REGINALD, C R 4 November 1917 Private NEWTON, GEORGE EDWARD, G E 28 October 1917 Private NEWTON, JOHN EDWARD, J E 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal NEWTON, THOMAS WILLIAM, T W 6 November 1917 Private NIBLOCK, GEORGE FOSTER, G F 30 October 1917 Private NICHOLLS, WILLIAM JOSEPH, W J G 30 October 1917 Sergeant NICHOLS, GEORGE HENRY, G H 30 October 1917 Corporal NICHOLS, HARVEY, H 6 November 1917 Private NICHOLSON, ALEXANDER, A 26 October 1917 Lance Corporal NICHOLSON, WARDEN THOMAS, W T 31 October 1917 Private NICKLE, ROBERT JOHN, R J 3 November 1917 Sergeant NICOL, JAMES, J J 10 November 1917 Private NICOL, ROBERT, R 7 November 1917 Private NIKITICHEN, HARRY, H 30 October 1917 Private NIMMO, WILLIAM, W 10 November 1917 Private NIVEN, ALAN THOMAS, A T 30 October 1917 Private NIXON, EDMOND, E 6 November 1917 Private NOBLE, ANDREW, A 26 October 1917 Driver NOBLE, HAROLD, H 3 November 1917 Private NOBLE, JOHN, J 26 October 1917 Sapper NOONAN, GEORGE BERNARD, G B 30 October 1917 Private NORLAND, EDWIN CONSTANTINE, E C 29 October 1917 Private NORMAN, ARTHUR, A 6 November 1917 Private NORMAN, CHARLES FREDERICK, C F 26 October 1917 Private NORMAN, JOSEPH, J 27 October 1917 Private NORTHEY, MELVEL, M 9 November 1917 Lance Corporal NORTHRUP, ARTHUR WARD, A W 30 October 1917 Private NOSAL, ILKO, I 10 November 1917 Private NOTMAN, ROBERT, R 26 October 1917 Gunner NUGENT, FRANCIS ANTHONY YVONNE, F A Y 6 November 1917 Private NUTTER, WILLIAM HENRY, W H 10 November 1917 Private NYHAN, THOMAS, T 5 November 1917 Private O'BRIEN, GEORGE, G 6 November 1917 Private O'BRIEN, HENRY RODGER TRUEMAN, H R T 28 October 1917 Private O'CONNOR, JOSEPH, J 30 October 1917 Private O'DONNELL, ALBERT STEPHEN BERT, A S B 5 November 1917 Private O'HARA, JOSEPH MICHAEL, J M 26 October 1917 Private O'KANE, DANIEL, D 26 October 1917 Private O'LEARY, WILLIAM JOSEPH, W J 26 October 1917 Private O'MALLEY, CHARLES, C 5 November 1917 Sergeant O'NEILL, CECIL, C 29 October 1917 Gunner O'NEILL, WILLIAM JOHN, W J 7 November 1917 Private O'SULLIVAN, GEORGE, G 6 November 1917 Gunner OAKES, BERTRAM JAMES, B J 10 November 1917 Lieutenant OAKLEY, ROGER PATRICK, R P 30 October 1917 Private ODELL, WILLIAM HENRY, W H 26 October 1917 Private ODESSKY, MAX, M 6 November 1917 Private OGORODNIK, JOHN, J 26 October 1917 Private OIKLE, CLARENCE ENNIS, C E 6 November 1917 Gunner OKE, WILLIAM ROY, W R 1 November 1917 Private OLAFSON, MAGNUS, M J 30 October 1917 Private OLDS, PHILEMON BRYANT, P B 3 November 1917 Gunner OLMSTED, WILLIAM ALFRED, W A 30 October 1917 Private OLSEN, NELSON RAY, N R 3 November 1917 Private OLSON, EDVIN ROBERT, E R 10 November 1917 Private OLSON, KARL ADRIAN, K A 26 October 1917 Private OPENSHAW, FRED, F 26 October 1917
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