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Remembering
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 SMITH, IRWIN, I 6 November 1917 Private SMITH, JAMES, J 26 October 1917 Private SMITH, JACK, J 6 November 1917 Private SMITH, JAMES, J 6 November 1917 Lieutenant SMITH, JOHN COCHRANE, J C 10 November 1917 Private SMITH, JAMES HENRY, J H 5 November 1917 Sergeant SMITH, JOHN HAROLD CHATTAWAY, J H C 26 October 1917 Private SMITH, JOHN, J I 7 November 1917 Private SMITH, JAMES RUSSELL, J R 5 November 1917 Private SMITH, JOHN THOMAS, J T 3 November 1917 Private SMITH, JOHN WILLIAM, J W 6 November 1917 Lieutenant SMITH, LEONARD HALE, L H 2 November 1917 Private SMITH, LEONARD ROSS, L R 30 October 1917 Private SMITH, MELBOURNE ROBERT, M R C 30 October 1917 Private SMITH, PETER MCDOUGALL, P M 4 November 1917 Private SMITH, ROBERT, R 30 October 1917 Private SMITH, ROY BRANT, R B 6 November 1917 Private SMITH, ROBERT ERIC, R E 6 November 1917 Private SMITH, ROBERT JAY, R J 30 October 1917 Gunner SMITH, ROBERT OSBOURNE, R O 2 November 1917 Private SMITH, SAMUEL, S 26 October 1917 Private SMITH, SIDNEY, S 30 October 1917 Private SMITH, THOMAS, T 26 October 1917 Private SMITH, THOMAS HAROLD, T H 10 November 1917 Sapper SMITH, TRENHOLME VASSEY GOLDWIN, T V G 27 October 1917 Private SMITH, THOMAS WILLIAM, T W 6 November 1917 Private SMITH, THOMAS WRIGHT, T W 6 November 1917 Private SMITH, VICTOR, V 5 November 1917 Private SMITH, WILLIAM, W 10 November 1917 Private SMITH, WILLIAM EWART, W E 26 October 1917 Private SMITH, WILLIAM GEORGE, W G 28 October 1917 Private SMITH, WILFRED JOYCE, W J 31 October 1917 Private SMITHER, RUSSELL HERBERT, R H 29 October 1917 Lieutenant SMYTER, ARNOLD EDWARD, A E 6 November 1917 Private SMYTHE, HENRY BERNARD, H B 29 October 1917 Private SNIDERHON, FRANCIS JOSEPH, F J 30 October 1917 Private SOBEY, CHARLES DOUGLAS, C D 31 October 1917 Private SOMERS, OWEN, O D 4 November 1917 Corporal SOMERVILLE, GEORGE, G 30 October 1917 Private SOMERVILLE, NORMAN FREDERICK, N F 26 October 1917 Private SORENSEN, ALFRED, A 26 October 1917 Private SORNBERGER, HOLLIS HARRIS, H H 26 October 1917 Private SOSNOWCHIK, NICOLAS, N 6 November 1917 Private SOUTHGATE, HARRY GEORGE, H G 30 October 1917 Private SPARKS, ALBERT JAMES, A J 2 November 1917 Private SPARKS, AMOS JOHN, A J 6 November 1917 Sergeant SPARLING, THOMAS VINCENT, T V 31 October 1917 Private SPARROW, GEORGE OWEN, G O 30 October 1917 Gunner SPAVEN, RICHARD, R 4 November 1917 Private SPENCE, ADAM GORDON, A G 4 November 1917 Private SPENCE, CHARLES, C 3 November 1917 Private SPENCE, CHARLES EDWARD, C E 6 November 1917 Private SPENCE, CECIL LANCASTER, C L 3 November 1917 Lance Corporal SPENCE, HAROLD WILSON, H W 28 October 1917 Private SPENCER, GEORGE EDWIN, G E 26 October 1917 Private SPENCER, STEPHEN WILLIAM, S W 8 November 1917 Private SPICER, ROBERT ARTHUR, R A 30 October 1917 Private SPICK, ARTHUR, A 26 October 1917 Private SPINKS, FREDERICK JOHN, F J 3 November 1917 Private SPOONER, MICHAEL HENRY, M H 28 October 1917 Private SPRACKLIN, WILCOX, W 31 October 1917 Private SPRING, DIXON JOHN, D J 26 October 1917 Private SPYTKO, CHARLES EDWARD, C E 26 October 1917 Sergeant SQUIRES, GORDON FRANK, G F 6 November 1917 Flight Sub Lieutenant ST JAMES, JOSEPH, J A 3 November 1917 Private ST JOHN, CHRISTOPHER, C 6 November 1917 Lance Corporal ST PIERRE, JOHN EUSTACE, J E 10 November 1917 Private STALLEY, WILLIAM WALTER, W W 26 October 1917 Corporal STANDING, CLARENCE THOMAS, C T 26 October 1917 Gunner STANLEY, ARTHUR ASHTON, A A 6 November 1917 Private STANLEY, WILLIAM JOHN, W J 10 November 1917 Corporal STAPLES, STANLEY JOSEPH, S J 6 November 1917 Private STAPLETON, WILLIAM, W 10 November 1917 Private STARK, MICHAEL, M 10 November 1917 Private STARKEY, EDWARD, E 30 October 1917 Private STARLING, ERNEST, E 30 October 1917 Private STASUK, YWAN, Y 6 November 1917 Corporal STATHAM, WILLIAM PERCIVAL, W P 6 November 1917 Private STATTON, NELSON, N 28 October 1917 Private STAUFFER, GORDON, G H 6 November 1917 Private STAVELY, ROBERT LEE, R L 10 November 1917 Private STEAD, THOMAS RICHARD, T R 26 October 1917 Private STEADMAN, HARRY, H 30 October 1917 Private STEADMAN, ROBERT DEBLOISE, R D 10 November 1917 Private STEADMAN, WILLIAM NIVEN, W N 30 October 1917 Gunner STECUKE, KLEM, K 9 November 1917 Sergeant STEEL, FRANK, F 27 October 1917 Private STEEL, THOMAS BOND, T B 10 November 1917 Private STEEN, WILLIAM, W 30 October 1917 Private STEERS, GEORGE WALTER, G W 26 October 1917 Private STEEVES, GEORGE FREDERIC, G F 6 November 1917 Private STEGGALL, HOWARD, H 9 November 1917 Private STENGEL, JOHN WESLEY, J W 30 October 1917 Private STEPHEN, JAMES, J 6 November 1917 Sapper STEPHEN, WILLIAM SMITH, W S 10 November 1917 Private STEPHENS, FREDERICK WILLIAM, F W 30 October 1917 Private STEPHENSON, JOHN, J 10 November 1917 Lance Corporal STEPHENSON, PHILIP, P 3 November 1917 Private STEPHENSON, ROBERT JOHN STEWART, R J S 26 October 1917 Gunner STERLING, GEORGE ARTHUR, G A 31 October 1917 Private STERNS, SYDNEY SMITH, S S 30 October 1917 Private STEVENS, ALBERT EDWARD, A E 30 October 1917 Private STEVENS, ARTHUR HENRY, A H 8 November 1917 Private STEVENS, CECIL HART, C H 10 November 1917 Sergeant STEVENSON, GEORGE HENRY, G H 29 October 1917 Sergeant STEVENSON, JAMES ARTHUR, J A 26 October 1917 Private STEVENSON, JOHN DAVID, J D 26 October 1917 Lance Corporal STEVENSON, OLIVER, O 30 October 1917 Private STEWART, CLARENCE BERRY, C B 30 October 1917 Private STEWART, CHARLES HILTON, C H 3 November 1917 Private STEWART, DAVID, D 26 October 1917 Corporal STEWART, DAVID, D 26 October 1917 Private STEWART, GEORGE, G 31 October 1917 Private STEWART, GEORGE MCFAUN, G M 27 October 1917 Private STEWART, GEORGE SHERLETT, G S 30 October 1917 Gunner STEWART, IRA, I O 30 October 1917 Private STEWART, LLOYD, L 26 October 1917 Private STEWART, LAWRENCE ROLAND, L R 26 October 1917 Private STEWART, MACKIE OGLE, M O 1 November 1917 Corporal STEWART, PETER, P 30 October 1917
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