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Honouring our Fallen Heroes
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 BRAWN, HARRY, H 30 October 1917 Private BRECKON, WILLIAM JOHN, W J 10 November 1917 Private BREEN, LEONARD PHILIP, L P 6 November 1917 Private BRESLIN, DANIEL, D 10 November 1917 Private BREWER, GEORGE EDWARD, G E 30 October 1917 Private BREWER, STOREY CONNOR, S C 30 October 1917 Sergeant BREWS, WILLIAM, W 6 November 1917 Private BREWSTER, WILLIAM EVERETT, W E 27 October 1917 Private BRIDGMAN, WILLIAM JOSEPH, W J 30 October 1917 Private BRIERLEY, EDGAR, E 10 November 1917 Private BRISON, GEORGE EDWARD, G E 10 November 1917 Private BRISTOW, WILFRED HOLDITCH, W H 30 October 1917 Private BRISTOW, WILLIAM HENRY, W H 30 October 1917 Private BRITTON, WILLIAM HENRY, W H 10 November 1917 Private BROAD, FREDERICK WILLIAM, F W 30 October 1917 Private BROADFOOT, ALEXANDER, A 8 November 1917 Gunner BROADWORTH, PERCY MELVILLE, P M 6 November 1917 Private BROCK, JOSEPH, J 6 November 1917 Private BRODRIB, ALBERT, A 3 November 1917 Private BROMBLEY, CHARLES EDWARD, C E 26 October 1917 Private BROMLEY, HERBERT GROVER CLEVELAND, H G C 30 October 1917 Lance Sergeant BROOKS, ALBERT EDWARD, A E 10 November 1917 Private BROOKS, GEORGE WILLIAM, G W 10 November 1917 Private BROOKS, THOMAS, T 26 October 1917 Private BROOM, ROY, R 30 October 1917 Private BROOME, GEORGE ALBERT CHARLES, G A C 7 November 1917 Private BROPHY, LAWRENCE WALTER, L W 6 November 1917 Captain BROTHERTON, TOM, T 29 October 1917 Private BROUGHTON, JOSEPH, J 26 October 1917 Private BROWN, ALEXANDER, A 5 November 1917 Private BROWN, ALFRED ELIAS, A E 26 October 1917 Private BROWN, ALBERT GORDON, A G 1 November 1917 Private BROWN, CLIFFORD, C 2 November 1917 Private BROWN, CLIFFORD AARON, C A 10 November 1917 Private BROWN, CARLETON HURST, C H 10 November 1917 Lieutenant BROWN, CHARLES HENRY, C H 10 November 1917 Private BROWN, EDWARD, E 1 November 1917 Corporal BROWN, EDGAR JOHN, E J 10 November 1917 Sergeant BROWN, ERNEST ROBERT STUART, E R S 6 November 1917 Private BROWN, GEORGE, G 26 October 1917 Private BROWN, GEORGE, G 6 November 1917 Gunner BROWN, GEORGE STEELE, G S 9 November 1917 Private BROWN, HAROLD JOHNSTON, H J 7 November 1917 Corporal BROWN, JOSEPH ALEXANDER, J A 30 October 1917 Private BROWN, JAMES, J R 6 November 1917 Private BROWN, ROBERT, R 30 October 1917 Private BROWN, ROBERT ALFRED, R A 26 October 1917 Private BROWN, ROBERT LOUIS PERRIN, R L P 10 November 1917 Major BROWN, RALPH RUSSELL JAMES, R R J 31 October 1917 Lance Corporal BROWN, ROBERT ROY POOLE, R R P 27 October 1917 Private BROWN, VICTOR, V 26 October 1917 Private BROWN, WILLIAM, W 26 October 1917 Private BROWN, WALTER, W 4 November 1917 Private BROWN, WILLIAM, W 4 November 1917 Private BROWN, WILLIAM TAYLOR, W T 3 November 1917 Private BROWNE, ROBERT HENRY, R H 26 October 1917 Corporal BRUCE, PETER, P 30 October 1917 Lieutenant BRUNTON, REGINALD RUSTON, R 31 October 1917 Corporal BRYANT, FRANK, F 9 November 1917 Private BUCHANAN, DUNCAN MELVIN, D M 5 November 1917 Private BUCHANAN, JOHN CAMPBELL, J C 26 October 1917 Lance Sergeant BUCHANAN, WILLIAM ERNEST, W E 8 November 1917 Private BUCK, ARTHUR, A 1 November 1917 Bombardier BUCK, ERNEST, E 28 October 1917 Private BUCKLAND, WILLIAM ARTHUR, W A 30 October 1917 Private BUDGE, WILLIAM, W 31 October 1917 Private BUDZAN, KARLAMPY, K 30 October 1917 Corporal BUDZIN, BYRON GILBERT, B G 6 November 1917 Private BUGDON, WILLIAM EDWARD, W E 6 November 1917 Sergeant BUIE, HUGH, H 26 October 1917 Private BULPITT, JOSEPH, J H 31 October 1917 Private BUNNAH, LEO ALEXANDER, L A 6 November 1917 Private BUNNETT, HERBERT EDGAR, H E 6 November 1917 Lance Corporal BUNTING, ARCHIE, A 10 November 1917 Private BURBRIDGE, GEORGE JAMES, G J 30 October 1917 Private BURCH, ALFRED FAY, A F 26 October 1917 Private BURCH, REGINALD EDWARD, R E 30 October 1917 Private BURCHELL, THOMAS EDWARD, T E 6 November 1917 Sapper BURGE, FRANCIS JAMES, F J 3 November 1917 Private BURIS, WALTER, W 28 October 1917 Private BURKE, HENRY JOSEPH, H J 8 November 1917 Private BURLEY, JOE, J 28 October 1917 Private BURNBY, SIDNEY, S 27 October 1917 Private BURNETT, CHARLES EDWARD, C E 30 October 1917 Private BURNETT, FREDERICK EARL, F E 5 November 1917 Lance Corporal BURNETT, HARRY, H 30 October 1917 Private BURNETT, JOSEPH, J 3 November 1917 Private BURNS, DE LONG, E D L 6 November 1917 Private BURNS, JAMES, J 30 October 1917 Private BURNS, JAMES FREDERICK, J F 26 October 1917 Private BURNSIDE, WALTER, W 6 November 1917 Private BURROWS, ALBERT, A 30 October 1917 Lieutenant BURT, LEWIS HAROLD GLADWIN, L H 31 October 1917 Shoeing Smith Corporal BURT, ROBERT JAMES, R J 1 November 1917 Private BURT, SAMUEL, S 26 October 1917 Private BURTON, DAVID ANDREW, D A 6 November 1917 Private BURTON, WILLIAM MORRIS, W M 30 October 1917 Corporal BURTWELL, CHARLES GUY, C G 6 November 1917 Private BURWASH, EDGAR ARTHUR, E A 30 October 1917 Private BURWELL, JOHN EDMUND, J E 31 October 1917 Gunner BUSH, ADELBERT ROY, A R 5 November 1917 Private BUSH, JOHN, J 10 November 1917 Sapper BUSHELL, EDMUND, E 9 November 1917 Private BUST, EDWARD, E 10 November 1917 Private BUSTEED, EDWIN BATSFORD, E B 30 October 1917 Private BUTCHER, ERNEST JOHN, E J 30 October 1917 Private BUTLER, THOMAS, T 6 November 1917 Private BUTLER, WILLIAM ORIN, W O 10 November 1917 Private BUTTERFIELD, THOMAS ALFRED, T A 9 November 1917 Private BUTTERS, JAMES, J 29 October 1917 Private BUYSSE, FIRMIN, F 30 October 1917 Private BYERS, JOHN JAMES, J J 10 November 1917 Private BYRNES, LAWRENCE, L 3 November 1917 Private BYRON, EDWARD, E 5 November 1917 Private CAIN, GEORGE WILLIAM, G W 26 October 1917 Private CAIN, KENNETH HOBART, K H 6 November 1917 Gunner CAIRNS, ALEXANDER, A 30 October 1917 Private CAIRNS, GARNET CHESTER, G C 26 October 1917 Private CAIRNS, JOHN ARTHUR, J A 5 November 1917 Private CALDECOAT, WILLIAM, W 7 November 1917
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