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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 ORFORD, CHARLES EDGAR, C E 26 October 1917 Corporal ORGILL, JOSEPH, J 3 November 1917 Corporal OSBORN, ALBERT EDWARD, A E 30 October 1917 Private OSBORNE, ALFRED JAMES, A J 6 November 1917 Private OSBORNE, JOHN, J 10 November 1917 Private OSBORNE, MILLARD STAPLES, M S 6 November 1917 Lance Sergeant OSTBERG, ERIC, E 8 November 1917 Private OSTROM, ARTHUR RENEY, A R 30 October 1917 Private OTIS, GEORGE ERIC, G E 30 October 1917 Private OTTERWELL, THOMAS, T 26 October 1917 Lieutenant OTTY, ALLEN, A 30 October 1917 Private OUDERKIRK, CECIL, C 26 October 1917 Sergeant OUDOT, ARNOLD LEWIS, A L 9 November 1917 Private OUELLETTE, DOUAH, D 9 November 1917 Private OUILLETTE, PETER, P 30 October 1917 Private OULTON, CLIFFORD ROBINSON, C R 1 November 1917 Private OULTON, DOUGLAS CARTER, D C 1 November 1917 Private OUNSTED, ALFRED JUDGE, A J 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal OXBOROUGH, JOHN, J 31 October 1917 Lance Corporal PACEY, JOHN EDWIN, J E 10 November 1917 Private PACHAL, FREDERICK, F 10 November 1917 Private PACKFORD, LYONEL VERNON, L V 30 October 1917 Private PADDISON, WILLIAM NELSON, W N 31 October 1917 Private PAGE, FRANK, F 6 November 1917 Sapper PAINE, FREDERICK WILLIAM, F W 8 November 1917 Private PAISLEY, WILLIAM FRANCIS, W F 6 November 1917 Second Lieutenant PALMER, LEWIS ARTHUR, L A 9 November 1917 Private PANABAKER, EDWARD EPHRAIM, E E 31 October 1917 Private PANACEWICH, VACILY, V 26 October 1917 Private PANKOFF, VASILE, V 6 November 1917 Major PAPINEAU, TALBOT MERCER, T M 30 October 1917 Private PAPPS, WILLIAM ARTHUR, W A 6 November 1917 Private PAQUETTE, JOSEPH, J 31 October 1917 Private PAQUIN, JOSEPH, J 26 October 1917 Private PARENT, CALVIN, C 30 October 1917 Private PARHAM, ERNEST ALBERT, E A 30 October 1917 Private PARK, DAVID MCCULLOCH, D M 29 October 1917 Private PARK, JOHN MAXWELL, J M 27 October 1917 Private PARK, LLOYD CLARE, L C 27 October 1917 Private PARK, NEIL, N 26 October 1917 Private PARKE, WILLIAM JOHN, W J 26 October 1917 Lance Corporal PARKER, ALBERT, A 29 October 1917 Private PARKER, ARTHUR CUTHBERT, A C 10 November 1917 Gunner PARKER, CHARLES, C A 7 November 1917 Private PARKER, GEORGE WILLIAM, G W 26 October 1917 Lance Corporal PARKER, NORMAN MACKELVIE, N M 26 October 1917 Private PARKER, WILLIAM CURTIS, W C 10 November 1917 Private PARKES, ARTHUR JOSEPH, A J 30 October 1917 Private PARKIN, WHYT BURNETT, W B H 6 November 1917 Private PARKS, BRUCE CAMPBELL, B C 8 November 1917 Private PARLIAMENT, HAROLD STANLEY, H S 6 November 1917 Private PARSONS, ALLAN HIRAM, A H 9 November 1917 Corporal PARSONS, LEONARD, L 26 October 1917 Private PARSONS, STEWART BELKNAP, S B 30 October 1917 Private PARSONS, WALTER, W 7 November 1917 Private PARTINGTON, PERCY, P 10 November 1917 Private PARTON, JOHN CECIL, J C 10 November 1917 Private PARTRIDGE, GEORGE HENRY, G H 26 October 1917 Private PASCOE, ARTHUR WELLINGTON, A W 9 November 1917 Private PASK, EDMUND, E 30 October 1917 Gunner PATERSON, HOWARD WILLIAM, H W 4 November 1917 Private PATERSON, PETER CAMPBELL, P C 6 November 1917 Sergeant PATERSON, PETER JOHN, P J 10 November 1917 Private PATON, SAMUEL, S 26 October 1917 Gunner PATTEN, BERTRAM BELL, B B 9 November 1917 Lieutenant PATTEN, EDGAR WILLIAM GALBRAITH, E W G 26 October 1917 Private PATTEN, FREDERICK THOMAS, F T 30 October 1917 Private PATTERSON, ALFRED, A 28 October 1917 Private PATTERSON, ALLAN, A 30 October 1917 Gunner PATTERSON, ARTHUR JOHN, A J 7 November 1917 Private PATTERSON, JOHN, J 30 October 1917 Sergeant PATTERSON, MILES, M B 10 November 1917 Private PATTERSON, ROY ELMER, R E 7 November 1917 Private PATTISON, SYDNEY, S 9 November 1917 Private PAULSON, PAUL NICHOLAS, P N 10 November 1917 Private PAXMAN, JOHN HENRY, J H 10 November 1917 Private PAYNE, ALFRED EDGERLY, A E 10 November 1917 Private PAYNE, ALEXANDER RICHARD, A R 26 October 1917 Private PAYNE, HAROLD, H 2 November 1917 Private PAYNTER, FREDERICK JOHN, F J 6 November 1917 Private PAYNTER, WILLIAM SEDLEY, W S 30 October 1917 Private PEACHEY, REUBEN EDWARD, R E 30 October 1917 Private PEACOCK, ALLAN RAMSAY, A R 31 October 1917 Private PEACOCK, JOHN, J 29 October 1917 Private PEACOCK, JAMES EDWARD, J E 6 November 1917 Corporal PEARCE, EMERSON ALBERT, E A 26 October 1917 Private PEARCE, FREDERICK LENNON JOSEPH, F L J 28 October 1917 Private PEARSON, WILLIAM, W 30 October 1917 Private PECK, DURWARD FREDERICK, D F 30 October 1917 Private PECK, GEORGE BISHOP, G B 30 October 1917 Private PECK, WILLIAM, W 6 November 1917 Private PEDEN, DAVID, D 10 November 1917 Private PEEBLES, ROBERT FOREST, R F 6 November 1917 Private PEET, SAMUEL, S 26 October 1917 Private PELLEGRINO, MATTEO LUIGI, M L 10 November 1917 Private PENDER, FRANCIS, F T 28 October 1917 Lieutenant PENDERGAST, FRANCIS THOMAS, F T 4 November 1917 Private PENGILLEY, THOMAS HENRY, T H 6 November 1917 Private PENNEY, JOHN, J 10 November 1917 Private PENNINGTON, WILLIAM, W 26 October 1917 Private PENNY, WILLIAM, W 26 October 1917 Private PENSON, EDGAR FREDRICK, E F 1 November 1917 Private PENTLAND, ALAN, A 28 October 1917 Private PEQUEGNAT, EMANUEL GEORGE, E G 7 November 1917 Private PERKINS, WALTER GLADSTONE, W G 9 November 1917 Private PERRY, FRANK COCHRANE, F C 6 November 1917 Private PERRY, MARSHALL, M C 30 October 1917 Private PERRY, THOMAS LAWES, T L 26 October 1917 Private PERRY, WILFRED, W 6 November 1917 Private PETERS, ARTHUR WALKER, A W 1 November 1917 Gunner PETERS, BURTON, B 7 November 1917 Private PETERS, DAVID, D 1 November 1917 Private PETERS, SIDNEY, S 26 October 1917 Private PETERSON, ANDREW LEWIS, A L 26 October 1917 Private PETERSON, BERT BENGMAN, B B 30 October 1917 Private PETERSON, CLIFTON ANDREW, C A 30 October 1917 Private PETTIGREW, ALCORN, A 6 November 1917 Private PETTIT, EARL SYLVESTER, E S 7 November 1917 Private PETTITT, WILLIAM, W 4 November 1917 Private PETTYPIECE, THOMAS WILLIAM, T W M 5 November 1917
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