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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 SEITSINGER, ROY EVERETTE, R E 26 October 1917 Private SELWAY, HORACE JAMES, H J 30 October 1917 Private SELWAY, WILLIAM, W 30 October 1917 Private SERO, REUBEN, R 30 October 1917 Lieutenant SEVERN, VERNON NICHOLL, V N 26 October 1917 Private SEVERSON, LOUIS, L 26 October 1917 Private SEWELL, HAROLD, H 6 November 1917 Private SEXSMITH, JOHN JOSEPH, J J 30 October 1917 Private SEXSMITH, MARK, M 29 October 1917 Private SEXSMITH, RICHARD, R 26 October 1917 Sergeant SEXTON, JAMES FELIX, J F 30 October 1917 Gunner SEYMOUR, CHARLES NICHOLSON, C N 10 November 1917 Private SEYMOUR, DAVID CHAPIN, D C 30 October 1917 Private SEYMOUR, FRANK, F P 1 November 1917 Private SHANKLAND, JOHN WILFRED, J W 9 November 1917 Private SHARP, GEORGE WALSH, G W 5 November 1917 Private SHARP, HUBERT, H 9 November 1917 Private SHARP, LEONARD, L 26 October 1917 Private SHARP, OWEN, O 30 October 1917 Private SHARPE, ALLISON ERNEST, A E 26 October 1917 Private SHAVER, CLIFFORD, C 30 October 1917 Private SHAW, HUGH WILLIAM, H W 10 November 1917 Private SHAW, JOHN HENRY, J H 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal SHAW, WILLIAM, W 2 November 1917 Private SHAW, WILLIAM, W 5 November 1917 Lance Corporal SHAW, WILLIAM GEORGE, W G 1 November 1917 Private SHAW, WILLIAM LESLIE, W L 6 November 1917 Private SHAY, ALBERT, A 26 October 1917 Private SHEA, WILLIAM, W 10 November 1917 Private SHEARER, THOMAS PITCAIRN, T P 30 October 1917 Private SHEFFIELD, JAMES DAWSON, J D 26 October 1917 Lance Corporal SHELLINGTON, JAMES, J 3 November 1917 Private SHEPARDSON, JOHN JOSEPH, J J 30 October 1917 Lieutenant SHEPHERD, EDWIN CHARLES, E C 26 October 1917 Sergeant SHEPHERDSON, WILLIAM, W 6 November 1917 Private SHEPPARD, ARTHUR JOHN, A J 30 October 1917 Private SHERIDAN, ALBERT, A 5 November 1917 Private SHERIDAN, FRANK PHILIP, F P 31 October 1917 Driver SHERLOCK, CEDRIC JOHN, C J 9 November 1917 Private SHERLOCK, RICHARD WYNDOM, R W 30 October 1917 Private SHERWOOD, FRANK AMES, F A 6 November 1917 Private SHIELDS, ALFRED ERNEST, A E 6 November 1917 Private SHIELDS, MATTHEW, M 26 October 1917 Private SHIELL, JOHN CARL, J C 5 November 1917 Private SHINKARUK, IVAN, I 7 November 1917 Lieutenant SHIPTON, BERNARD, B 2 November 1917 Private SHOEMAKER, JOSEPH VERNIER, J V 30 October 1917 Private SHORE, STANLEY RICHARD, S R 6 November 1917 Lance Corporal SHORTLIFFE, STEPHEN ERNEST, S E 26 October 1917 Private SHUTTLEWORTH, WEST, W 1 November 1917 Private SIDDALL, HENRY ASHTON, H A 10 November 1917 Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) SIDDLE, ERNEST ARTHUR, E A 7 November 1917 Sapper SIEGEL, HENRY, H 8 November 1917 Private SIGHTS, CARL, C 30 October 1917 Sergeant SIGURDSON, GOODMAN, G 10 November 1917 Private SIMKINS, THOMAS GEORGE, T G 6 November 1917 Private SIMMONS, CARL, C 7 November 1917 Private SIMMONS, HOWARD LEE, H L 28 October 1917 Private SIMONDS, JOSEPH EDWARD, J E 29 October 1917 Private SIMPKINS, WILLIAM, W 6 November 1917 Private SIMPSON, GEORDIE, G S 31 October 1917 Corporal SIMPSON, JAMES, J 6 November 1917 Private SIMPSON, JOSEPH CARR, J C 30 October 1917 Private SIMPSON, ROBERT JAMES, R J 10 November 1917 Private SIMPSON, WILLIAM, W 6 November 1917 Private SIMPSON, WILLARD PERRY, W P 30 October 1917 Lieutenant SIMS, COLIN DOUGLAS, C D 26 October 1917 Corporal SIMS, JAMES, J 10 November 1917 Private SIMS, ROY HAROLD, R H 26 October 1917 Private SIMS, WILLIAM, W 9 November 1917 Private SINCLAIR, FRANK, F 29 October 1917 Private SINCLAIR, FRANCIS JAMES, F J 30 October 1917 Gunner SINCLAIR, JAMES, J 30 October 1917 Sapper SINCLAIR, PETER, P 3 November 1917 Private SINCLAIR, ROBERT, R 30 October 1917 Private SINGER, HENRY, H 26 October 1917 Private SIPLEY, ROBERT CECIL, R C 30 October 1917 Private SISLEY, FREDERICK LEAVENS, F L 26 October 1917 Private SKARRIZI, ANTHONY, A 3 November 1917 Private SKENE, HAROLD ALEXANDER, H A 30 October 1917 Lieutenant SKILL, ALBERT THOMAS, A T 26 October 1917 Private SKINNER, ERNEST EDWARD, E E 6 November 1917 Private SKINNER, MORDEN EARL, M E 26 October 1917 Private SKINNER, WILLIAM BRUCE, W B 7 November 1917 Private SLACK, WILLIAM JAMES, W J 10 November 1917 Private SLADE, WILLIAM ALFRED DANIEL, W A D 26 October 1917 Sergeant SLATER, ARTHUR FREDERICK, A F 30 October 1917 Corporal SLAUGHTER, HARRY, H 10 November 1917 Private SLAWSON, REUBEN, R 10 November 1917 Private SLEIGHT, WILLIAM OSMUND, W O 6 November 1917 Private SLOUGH, GEORGE ALBERT, G A 5 November 1917 Private SMALE, WILLIAM, W 3 November 1917 Private SMALL, ARTHUR GILBERT, A G 30 October 1917 Private SMALL, GRATWICKE ERNEST, G E 30 October 1917 Private SMALL, JOSEPH WILLIAM, J W 8 November 1917 Private SMETHURST, JOHN HENRY, J H 10 November 1917 Private SMILEY, CHARLES HENRY, C H 30 October 1917 Private SMITH, ARCHIE, A 26 October 1917 Private SMITH, ALBYN, A 30 October 1917 Private SMITH, ANGUS, A 30 October 1917 Private SMITH, ALFRED, A 31 October 1917 Gunner SMITH, ALEXANDER, A 7 November 1917 Private SMITH, ABRAHAM, A 9 November 1917 Corporal SMITH, ARTHUR JOSEPH, A J 27 October 1917 Private SMITH, ALFRED MOSES, A M 30 October 1917 Private SMITH, ALBERT, A R 6 November 1917 Private SMITH, ALBERT RICHARD, A R 6 November 1917 Sergeant SMITH, ARTHUR, A V 9 November 1917 Private SMITH, CHARLES, C 6 November 1917 Lieutenant SMITH, DIGBY ALFRED, D A 1 November 1917 Private SMITH, DON CECIL, D C 30 October 1917 Private SMITH, EDWARD, E 6 November 1917 Lance Corporal SMITH, ERNEST, E 6 November 1917 Private SMITH, ERNEST DINGWALL, E D 28 October 1917 Private SMITH, EDWIN ELLSWORTH, E E 30 October 1917 Private SMITH, ELMER ST CLAIR, E ST. 30 October 1917 Private SMITH, FREDERICK, F E 6 November 1917 Private SMITH, GEORGE, G 31 October 1917 Private SMITH, HOMER EMMETT, H E 10 November 1917 Private SMITH, HENRY THOMAS, H T 1 November 1917
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