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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 BERRY, JAMES, J 31 October 1917 Private BERTEAUX, JOHN, J 10 November 1917 Private BERTELSEN, EDWARD OLAUF FREDERICK, E O F 27 October 1917 Private BERTRAND, JOSEPH, J 6 November 1917 Private BETSKO, MATVEI, M 6 November 1917 Private BEVAN, JOHN ALFRED, J A 6 November 1917 Private BEVERIDGE, SAMUEL, S 6 November 1917 Lance Corporal BEVERLEY, RALPH EDWARD, R E 7 November 1917 Private BEXON, FRANK, F 6 November 1917 Private BEYER, ARTHUR FREDERICK, A F 26 October 1917 Corporal BEYOR, HENRY, H 3 November 1917 Private BICKELL, GEORGE THOMAS, G T 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal BICKERDIKE, HERBERT, H 6 November 1917 Company Sergeant Major BIGGS, ARTHUR GEORGE, A G 26 October 1917 Private BIGGS, REUBEN, R 6 November 1917 Private BILLINGS, GEORGE ARNOLD, G A 1 November 1917 Private BILLINGTON, ARTHUR JAMES, A J 1 November 1917 Private BILLS, HERBERT NEWTON, H N 9 November 1917 Private BILLY, JOE, J 30 October 1917 Private BILODEAU, CYRILLE, C 30 October 1917 Lance Corporal BINGHAM, HAROLD TWISDEN, H T 10 November 1917 Private BIRCH, WILLIAM, W 30 October 1917 Private BIRCHFIELD, THOMAS ERNEST, T E 31 October 1917 Private BIRD, JOHN MORRIS, J M 6 November 1917 Private BIRD, THOMAS, T 8 November 1917 Private BIRDGENAW, DANIEL, D 27 October 1917 Corporal BIRNE, JAMES, J 6 November 1917 Private BIRNIE, CHARLES HENRY, C H 6 November 1917 Corporal BIRSE, JAMES CHARLES, J C 5 November 1917 Private BISHOP, ALAN TASHER, A T 26 October 1917 Private BISHOP, JOSEPH HORTON, J H 5 November 1917 Private BISHOP, PULFORD, P 26 October 1917 Lieutenant BISHOPRIC, JOHN LLOYD, J L 29 October 1917 Private BJORKBLAD, REYNOLD ORLANDO, R O 26 October 1917 Private BLACHFORD, ALFRED, A 30 October 1917 Private BLACK, HARRIS, H 6 November 1917 Private BLACK, IRA GARNET, I G 2 November 1917 Private BLACK, JAMES, J 10 November 1917 Gunner BLACK, JOHN MCLEAN, J M 27 October 1917 Lieutenant BLACK, REGINALD STELLWAGEN, R S 6 November 1917 Private BLACKALL, HERBERT GEORGE, H G 7 November 1917 Private BLACKALL, HERBERT WILLIAM FENWICK, H W F 30 October 1917 Private BLACKBURN, JAMES, J 26 October 1917 Private BLACKFORD, LESLIE BORTHWICK, L B 6 November 1917 Private BLACKMORE, HUGH CHESTER, H C 27 October 1917 Private BLACKWOOD, JAMES ALEXANDER, J A 6 November 1917 Private BLAIN, JOHN, J 4 November 1917 Private BLAIR, ARCHIBALD, A 26 October 1917 Gunner BLAIS, FREDERICK, F 9 November 1917 Private BLAIS, THOMAS LAURNEY, T L 9 November 1917 Private BLAKE, GEORGE, G 6 November 1917 Private BLAKER, VICTOR, V 30 October 1917 Sergeant BLAKEWAY, FREDERICK JOHN, F J 31 October 1917 Private BLANC, HUBERT, H 8 November 1917 Lance Corporal BLANEY, WILLIAM BANKS, W B 31 October 1917 Private BLANK, SYDNEY HERMAN, S H 9 November 1917 Private BLENKIN, ERNEST, E 26 October 1917 Private BLIGHT, HARRY, H 6 November 1917 Lance Sergeant BLUNDEN, WALTER JAMES, W J 27 October 1917 Private BLYTHE, JOHN HENRY, J H 6 November 1917 Sergeant BOAG, DUGALD, D 30 October 1917 Private BOB, FELIX, F 30 October 1917 Private BODDEN, CORNELIUS, C 10 November 1917 Private BOFFIN, ALFRED SYDNEY, A S 30 October 1917 Private BOGART, ALBERT ROY, A R 31 October 1917 Private BOGGUST, WILLIAM LEONARD, W L 9 November 1917 Lieutenant BOLE, WARNER T, W T 28 October 1917 Private BOLES, ELMER, E 6 November 1917 Bombardier BOLTON, FREDERICK GEORGE, F G 30 October 1917 Corporal BOLTON, WILLIAM EDWARD, W E 2 November 1917 Private BOND, CLIFFORD CECIL, C C 30 October 1917 Captain BOND, FREDERICK GEORGE, F G 29 October 1917 Corporal BOND, HERBERT LEWIS, H L 26 October 1917 Private BONE, ROBERT HENRY, R H 6 November 1917 Private BONK, ALVIN MACK, A M 6 November 1917 Private BONSALL, ERNEST LYTTON, E L 6 November 1917 Gunner BOOMER, WILLIAM, W 3 November 1917 Private BOON, ROBERT DRYSDALE, R D 7 November 1917 Lance Corporal BOOTH, ALBERT JOSEPH, A J 6 November 1917 Corporal BORDEN, ROBERT CLARENCE, R C 30 October 1917 Lieutenant BORTHWICK, PETER, P 26 October 1917 Private BORTHWICK, STEPHEN ALEXANDER, S A 6 November 1917 Private BOSMANS, GEORGE ALBERT, G A 30 October 1917 Sergeant BOTSFORD, CHAUNCEY ALBERT, C A 9 November 1917 Private BOUCHER, FRANK, F C 6 November 1917 Private BOUDREAU, CHARLES HENRY, C H 6 November 1917 Private BOUGHTON, FREDERICK, F 7 November 1917 Private BOULTON, THOMAS, T 3 November 1917 Private BOURN, CHARLES, C P 31 October 1917 Private BOURNE, NORMAN LEAVITT, N L 8 November 1917 Private BOURNS, JOHN ERVINE, J E 26 October 1917 Private BOURON, BERTRAM, B 10 November 1917 Private BOUTILIER, JOHN, J F 7 November 1917 Private BOVAIRD, THOMAS, T 8 November 1917 Sergeant BOVILL, GEORGE STANLEY, G S 1 November 1917 Private BOWES, DONALD CLIFFORD, D C 28 October 1917 Private BOWES, GILBERT, G 28 October 1917 Private BOWLER, JOHN, J 26 October 1917 Private BOWMAN, JAMES NOBLE, J N 30 October 1917 Private BOWMAN, ORMAND ROBERT, O R 6 November 1917 Gunner BOWN, SIDNEY, S 9 November 1917 Private BOWRAN, JOHN STEPHEN, J S 30 October 1917 Private BOWSER, GEORGE WILLIAM, G W 6 November 1917 Private BOY, MATTHEW, M 7 November 1917 Private BOYCE, GEORGE ARTHUR, G A 6 November 1917 Private BOYD, HAROLD MOORE, H M 31 October 1917 Private BOYD, JOHN, J 5 November 1917 Private BOYLE, DANIEL, D 29 October 1917 Private BRADBURN, WALTER, W C 6 November 1917 Private BRADBURY, JOHN JOSEPH, J J 30 October 1917 Private BRADEEN, JOHN, J 30 October 1917 Private BRADLEY, CHARLES EDMUND, C E 10 November 1917 Lance Corporal BRADSHAW, DAVID CAMPBELL, D C 3 November 1917 Sergeant BRAISBY, WILLIAM, W H 9 November 1917 Private BRAITHWAITE, WILLIAM HENRY, W H 27 October 1917 Private BRANDON, WILLIAM BRACKEN, W B 7 November 1917 Private BRASSARD, FRANCIS SAM, F S 6 November 1917 Private BRAUND, ALBERT, A 6 November 1917 Private BRAUND, SIDNEY JOHN, S J 30 October 1917 Private BRAWN, HUGH, H 28 October 1917
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