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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.
Lance Corporal PHAIR, JOHN, J 7 November 1917 Private PHARAOH, HERBERT ROLAND, H R 30 October 1917 Bombardier PHELP, REGINALD JOSEPH, R J 6 November 1917 Private PHILLIPS, FRANCIS ARNOLD, F A 26 October 1917 Private PHILLIPS, HARRY, H 30 October 1917 Private PHILLIPS, JOHN, J 10 November 1917 Private PICKARD, THOMAS, T 31 October 1917 Private PICKAVANCE, ALBERT, A 8 November 1917 Private PICKERING, ELMER RAYMOND, E R 6 November 1917 Lieutenant PICKERING, HOWARD VINCENT, H V 26 October 1917 Lieutenant PICKERING, HOWARD VINCENT, HV 26 October 1917 Private PIERCY, LACON LLEWELLYN, L L 26 October 1917 Private PIEROTH, PHILIP, P 31 October 1917 Private PIKE, ERNEST, E 30 October 1917 Sapper PILLEY, ARCHIBALD, A 2 November 1917 Private PIMLOTT, HARRY, H 27 October 1917 Private PINKERTON, ISAAC ANDREW, I A 26 October 1917 Sergeant PINKNEY, CHARLES, C 10 November 1917 Sergeant PIRIE, GEORGE MATTHEW, G M 10 November 1917 Private PIRRIE, JAMES MILLAR, J M 26 October 1917 Private PITCHER, GEORGE FRANCIS, G F G 26 October 1917 Private PITELLO, GUISEPPE, G 30 October 1917 Private PLANTE, GEORGES, G 6 November 1917 Lieutenant PLATT, EDWARD CUTHBERT, E C 7 November 1917 Private PLOURDE, JOSEPH FABIEN THOMAS, J F T 9 November 1917 Gunner PLUMMER, ALFRED JOHN, A J 7 November 1917 Private PLUNKETT, THOMAS GEORGE, T G 4 November 1917 Private POAPST, JAMES, J 30 October 1917 Private POINTEN, PERCY, P 26 October 1917 Private POIRIER, ALEXANDRE, A 6 November 1917 Private POIRIER, BELONIE, B 7 November 1917 Private POITRAS, JOSEPH, J 6 November 1917 Private POITRAS, JOHN WILLIAM, J W E 6 November 1917 Private POLAND, CHARLES WILLIAM, C W 10 November 1917 Private POOLE, ALBERT ERIC, A E 7 November 1917 Private POPE, ERNEST CAMPBELL, E C 10 November 1917 Private PORTER, EDWARD, E 30 October 1917 Sapper PORTER, FREDERICK CHARLES, F C 28 October 1917 Private PORTER, SAMUEL, S 10 November 1917 Private PORTER, WILLIAM, W 26 October 1917 Private PORTES, CHARLES LAVERN, C L 6 November 1917 Sergeant PORTSMITH, HERBERT STANLEY, H S 10 November 1917 Private POST, ELGIN CHARLES, E C 30 October 1917 Private POTT, CHARLES HORACE, C H 6 November 1917 Private POTTER, GIDEON, G 28 October 1917 Sergeant POTTER, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, W A O 26 October 1917 Private POTTERTON, TED, T 7 November 1917 Private POWE, ALBERT ERNEST, A E 26 October 1917 Private POWELL, ALBERT CHESTLEY, A C 6 November 1917 Private POWELL, ALFRED LLOYD, A L 30 October 1917 Private POWELL, CHARLES PHILIP, C P 26 October 1917 Private POWER, JAMES, J 8 November 1917 Private POWER, JAMES, J 10 November 1917 Major POWIS, GORDON DOUGLAS, G D 6 November 1917 Corporal POXON, SAMUEL, S 26 October 1917 Private PRATLEY, FREDERICK RICHARD, F R 26 October 1917 Sergeant PRATT, FRANK, F 26 October 1917 Private PREGENT, FRANCOIS, F 30 October 1917 Private PREMOCK, SAMUEL, S 30 October 1917 Private PRESTON, GEORGE, G 26 October 1917 Private PRESTON, SAMUEL, S 10 November 1917 Lance Corporal PRESTWICH, THOMAS, T 5 November 1917 Private PREVOST, WILFRED MORESBY, W M 26 October 1917 Private PRICE, HARRY ALEXANDER, H A 6 November 1917 Private PRICE, JOHN HUGHES, J H 7 November 1917 Private PRICE, STANLEY ARTHUR, S A 10 November 1917 Second Lieutenant PRIMEAU, CECIL WILLIBROD, C W 27 October 1917 Private PRINCE, WILFRED STANLEY, W S 8 November 1917 Private PRINGLE, CHARLES COWAN, C C 10 November 1917 Private PRIOR, NELSON THOMAS, N T 7 November 1917 Private PRISLEY, JAMES, J 9 November 1917 Private PRITCHARD, CHARLES, C 6 November 1917 Sapper PROCTER, HERBERT WILLIAM, H W 28 October 1917 Private PROCTER, STANLEY, S 2 November 1917 Corporal PROCTOR, EDWARD GEORGE NICOL, E G N 9 November 1917 Private PROCTOR, WILLIAM BRYSON, W B 7 November 1917 Lance Corporal PRUDEN, EDWARD, E 6 November 1917 Private PRUDEN, FRANKLIN WILLIAM, F W 7 November 1917 Private PRUDEN, HERBERT, H 30 October 1917 Private PRUDEN, STANLEY, S H 8 November 1917 Private PUDDLE, FRANK WILLIAM, F W 26 October 1917 Private PUNCKE, DOUWE FREDRIK, D F 26 October 1917 Private PURDY, WALTER ANDREW, W A 6 November 1917 Private PUURUNEN, AUGUST, A 6 November 1917 Private PYE, ALBERT, A 6 November 1917 Corporal QUESNELL, FRANCIS JOHN, F J 6 November 1917 Private QUICK, RALPH HENRY, R H 30 October 1917 Private QUIGLEY, ARTHUR EDWIN, A E 7 November 1917 Private RAAFLAUB, ROBERT OLIVER, R O 31 October 1917 Private RABER, WILLIAM, W 7 November 1917 Private RADFORD, RALPH LANCELOT, R L 30 October 1917 Private RAHAM, NORMAN EGERTON, N E 6 November 1917 Private RAINE, ALFRED HENRY, A H 6 November 1917 Private RAINE, JAMES GARFIELD, J G 9 November 1917 Private RAISON, FREDERICK CLARENCE, F C 6 November 1917 Private RAKE, HENRY STANSFIELD, H S 26 October 1917 Private RALSTON, CHARLES HARGREAVES, C H 30 October 1917 Gunner RANDALL, EDWARD, E 9 November 1917 Private RANDLE, LAURENCE OLIVER, L O 30 October 1917 Private RANKIN, GEORGE GILBERT, G G 10 November 1917 Private RANKIN, HOWARD WILLIAM, H W 6 November 1917 Driver RANSOM, GEORGE AARON, G A 6 November 1917 Private RANSOM, HARRY GILBERT, H G 1 November 1917 Private RANSOM, JAMES MORRIS, J M 6 November 1917 Private RASPOPOVICH, SPASGE, S 3 November 1917 Private RATTLE, HARRY, H 10 November 1917 Private RAU, GEORGE PHILLIP, G P 6 November 1917 Private RAY, EDWIN ERIC, E E 10 November 1917 Private RAYMOND, JOHN EVERETT, J E 6 November 1917 Private RAYNES, WALTER LIVINGSTONE, W L 30 October 1917 Private RAYNOR, BERTRAM, B 30 October 1917 Private READ, FRANCIS HUBERT, F H 10 November 1917 Private READ, FREDERICK NEWTON, F N 30 October 1917 Private READ, WARREN, W 26 October 1917 Private REDDEN, RAYMOND BARSS, R B 31 October 1917 Private REDDICK, PERRY CLIFFORD, P C 6 November 1917 Private REDFERN, FREDERICK WATKIN, F W 26 October 1917 Private REDFERN, ROBERT ANDREW, R A 7 November 1917 Private REDMAN, THOMAS, T 2 November 1917 Private REDMOND, WILLIAM BENJAMIN, W B 8 November 1917
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