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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.
Corporal REDPATH, GEORGE HENRY, G H 30 October 1917 Private REECE, WILLIAM OTTIS, W O 7 November 1917 Lieutenant REED, ARTHUR, A 30 October 1917 Private REED, EDWARD CHARLES, E C 30 October 1917 Private REEDE, FREEMAN, F K 30 October 1917 Trumpeter REEVE, LEONARD COURTNEY, L C 27 October 1917 Private REEVES, ERNEST SYDNEY, E S 30 October 1917 Private REEVES, MANSON JOHN, M J 10 November 1917 Private REGAN, CORNELIUS ADRIEN, C A 7 November 1917 Private REID, ANDREW BONAR, A B 6 November 1917 Private REID, CHARLES BENJAMIN, C B 26 October 1917 Lieutenant REID, CHARLES MCKILLOP, C M 26 October 1917 Private REID, DONALD, D 6 November 1917 Sergeant REID, DANIEL SPENCER, D S 30 October 1917 Private REID, FREDERICK GORDON, F G 30 October 1917 Private REID, HERBERT, H 26 October 1917 Private REID, JOHN DICK, J D 6 November 1917 Private REID, JOHN EARL, J E 28 October 1917 Private REID, MARSHALL WILLIAM, M W 26 October 1917 Private REID, ROLAND COALFLEET, R C 1 November 1917 Private REID, STEPHEN JAMES, S J 30 October 1917 Private REID, WILLIAM DOUGLAS, W D 8 November 1917 Private REILLY, WILLIAM HUDSON, W H 5 November 1917 Private RENE, GEORGES, G 27 October 1917 Gunner RENFREW, GEORGE ALLAN, G A 7 November 1917 Private RENNIE, ALEXANDER, A 26 October 1917 Private RENNIE, JOHN, J 10 November 1917 Private RENTON, WILLIAM, W 6 November 1917 Private REYGATE, SIDNEY, S 30 October 1917 Private REYNARD, FREDERICK, F 6 November 1917 Private REYNOLDS, DAVID PERCY, D P 26 October 1917 Lieutenant REYNOLDS, HERBERT JOHN, H J 6 November 1917 Private REYNOLDS, HARRY LORIMER, H L 30 October 1917 Private REYNOLDS, JOHN, J 4 November 1917 Private REYNOLDS, RALPH WHITFIELD, R W 30 October 1917 Private RHODENIZER, BORDEN, 30 October 1917 Private RHODES, ALBERT, A 31 October 1917 Lance Corporal RHULAND, WILLIAM HAROLD, W H 30 October 1917 Private RHYNDRESS, ARCHIE EARL, A E 7 November 1917 Private RIBBANS, ALBERT CHARLES, A C 30 October 1917 Private RICHARD, DANIEL, D 6 November 1917 Private RICHARD, JAMES, J 26 October 1917 Private RICHARDS, JAMES HENRY, J H 3 November 1917 Private RICHARDS, JAMES HENRY, J H 7 November 1917 Private RICHARDS, JOHN STANLEY, J S 30 October 1917 Private RICHARDSON, BLAINE, B 30 October 1917 Private RICHARDSON, DALTON, D 30 October 1917 Private RICHARDSON, GEORGE DUNN, G D 10 November 1917 Private RICHARDSON, HERBERT HENRY, H H 10 November 1917 Private RICHARDSON, RICHARD JONATHAN, R J 6 November 1917 Gunner RICHARDSON, WELLINGTON, W 30 October 1917 Private RICHES, ALBERT, A 26 October 1917 Private RICHMOND, JOHN FRASER, J F 26 October 1917 Corporal RICHMOND, STANLEY, S 10 November 1917 Private RIDDELL, JOHN JAMES, J J 30 October 1917 Lieutenant RIDDELL, JAMES ROSS, J R 30 October 1917 Private RIDDELL, RUSSELL, R 26 October 1917 Private RIDDLE, GALFRID JULIAN, G J 6 November 1917 Private RIDLEY, OLIVER WILLIAM, O W 6 November 1917 Sergeant RIDLEY, STANLEY JOSEPH, S J 30 October 1917 Private RIGG, JOHN JAMES, J J 31 October 1917 Lieutenant RILEY, CHARLES, C 8 November 1917 Private RILEY, PERCY CHARLES, P C 30 October 1917 Private RILEY, THOMAS TOM, T T 26 October 1917 Private RILEY, WILFRED, W 8 November 1917 Private RIORDAN, EDWARD, E 10 November 1917 Private RIORDAN, MICHAEL, M 2 November 1917 Private RIPLEY, ROBERT CECIL, R C 30 October 1917 Private RIPLEY, WILLIAM HENRY, W H 30 October 1917 Private RISBY, WILLIAM ALFRED, W A 30 October 1917 Private RISK, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, W A 6 November 1917 Private RITCHIE, THOMAS, T H 6 November 1917 Private RITCHIE, THOMAS JAMES, T J 28 October 1917 Corporal RIVERS, TOM LANGLEY, T L 28 October 1917 Private ROBB, STANLEY, S 26 October 1917 Private ROBBINS, LESLIE NELSON, L N 3 November 1917 Private ROBBINS, MORTIMER GIBERSON, M G 30 October 1917 Private ROBERTS, ALBERT, A 1 November 1917 Private ROBERTS, BERT, B 10 November 1917 Private ROBERTS, CHARLES CLIFFORD, C C 10 November 1917 Private ROBERTS, DAVID, D 30 October 1917 Private ROBERTS, GEORGE, G 26 October 1917 Private ROBERTS, HAROLD, H 26 October 1917 Private ROBERTS, HERBERT ERLE, H E 26 October 1917 Private ROBERTS, HENRY EDWIN, H E 5 November 1917 Private ROBERTS, JOHN, J 30 October 1917 Private ROBERTS, JOSEPH WILLIAM, J W 30 October 1917 Private ROBERTS, THOMAS WILLIAM, T W 28 October 1917 Private ROBERTSHAW, THOMAS, T 28 October 1917 Private ROBERTSON, ADAM, A 9 November 1917 Private ROBERTSON, FLEMING, F 7 November 1917 Company Quarter Master Sergeant ROBERTSON, HAROLD WEBSTER, H W 30 October 1917 Private ROBERTSON, JOHN, J 26 October 1917 Private ROBERTSON, JAMES PETER, J P 6 November 1917 Lieutenant ROBERTSON, LYALL RALSTON, L R 26 October 1917 Private ROBERTSON, ROBERT, R 10 November 1917 Lieutenant ROBERTSON, THOMAS JAFFRAY, T J 5 November 1917 Sergeant ROBERTSON, WILLIAM, W 9 November 1917 Corporal ROBERTSON, WILLIS ALEXANDER, W A 10 November 1917 Private ROBINEAU, EDMOND JOSEPH, E J 6 November 1917 Private ROBINETTE, DOLPHIS, D 31 October 1917 Private ROBINSON, CHARLES, C 30 October 1917 Private ROBINSON, ROLAND, R 3 November 1917 Private ROBINSON, RICHARD SMITH, R S 26 October 1917 Private ROBINSON, SAMUEL, S 26 October 1917 Private ROBINSON, THOMAS, T 5 November 1917 Private ROBINSON, WILLIAM ERNEST, W E 27 October 1917 Private ROBINSON, WILLIAM MORRIS, W M 8 November 1917 Private ROBISON, JOHN, J 26 October 1917 Private ROBSON, MATTHEW NORTHUP, M N 30 October 1917 Private ROCHON, LOUIS, L 30 October 1917 Lieutenant ROCK, GEORGE MCLEOD, G M 10 November 1917 Private RODELL, NEIL, N 27 October 1917 Lieutenant RODNIGHT, ERIC, E 29 October 1917 Private ROE, GEORGE HENRY, G H 10 November 1917 Private ROGERS, BLANCH HENRY, B H 31 October 1917 Private ROGERS, FRANK, F 6 November 1917 Private ROGERS, FRANK SANDERSON, F S 30 October 1917 Private ROGERS, GEORGE, G 6 November 1917 Captain ROGERS, GEORGE CLARENCE, G C 30 October 1917
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